pass : Idioms & Phrases

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in passing

  • adverb incidentally; in the course of doing something else
    en passant.
    • he made this remark in passing
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Pass boat

  • (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat.
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Pass book

  • . (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser . (b) See Bank book.
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Pass box

  • (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece.
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Pass check

  • a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning.
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passed ball

  • noun a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
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Passed midshipman

  • . See under Midshipman.
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passing comment

  • noun an incidental remark
    obiter dictum.
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passing game

  • noun (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
    passing; passing game; pass.
    • the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
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passing note

  • noun a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
    passing note.
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passing play

  • noun (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
    passing; passing game; pass.
    • the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
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passing shot

  • noun a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net
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passing tone

  • noun a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
    passing note.
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passing water

  • noun a euphemism for urination
    leak; making water; wetting.
    • he had to take a leak
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To bring to pass, To come to pass

  • . See under Bring, and Come.
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To pass (something) on ∨ upon (some one)

  • to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. "She passed the child on her husband for a boy." Dryden.
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To pass a dividend

  • to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due.
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To pass away

  • to disappear; to die; to vanish. "The heavens shall pass away." 2 Pet. iii. 10. "I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am." Tennyson.
  • to spend; to waste. "Lest she pass away the flower of her age." Ecclus. xlii. 9. (b) to die
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To pass by

  • to go near and beyond a certain person or place; as, he passed by as we stood there.
  • . (a) To disregard; to neglect . (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook.
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To pass into

  • to change by a gradual transmission; to blend or unite with.
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To pass off

  • to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off.
  • to impose fraudulently; to palm off. "Passed himself off as a bishop." Macaulay.
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To pass on

  • to proceed.
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To pass on ∨ upon

  • . (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect . "So death passed upon all men." Rom. v. 12. "Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them." Jer. Taylor. (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence upon.
    "We may not pass upon his life." Shak.
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To pass over

  • to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront.
  • to go from one side or end to the other; to cross, as a river, road, or bridge.
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