pas : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane
  boarding card.
  

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• noun an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions
  

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By"-pass noun

Definitions

1. (Mech.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

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• noun a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died
  

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• noun a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
  flare.
  
  • he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss

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• noun a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
  aerial.
  

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• noun written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school
  

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• noun a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value
  

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• noun a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India
  

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• noun a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
  lateral.
  

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• noun a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value
  

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• verb cause to pass
  pass.
  
  • She passed around the plates

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• noun the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
  notch; pass.
  
  • we got through the pass before it started to snow

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• verb make a passage or journey from one place to another
  move through; transit; pass across; pass over.
  
  • The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
  • "Some travelers pass through the desert

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• verb transmit information
  put across; pass along; communicate; pass.
  
  • Please communicate this message to all employees
  • pass along the good news

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• verb cause be distributed
  distribute; pass around; circulate.
  
  • This letter is being circulated among the faculty
• verb cause to become widely known
  circularise; disseminate; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; propagate; diffuse; circulate.
  
  • spread information
  • circulate a rumor
  • broadcast the news

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• verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
  
  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
• verb go out of existence
  
  • She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away

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• verb move past
  travel by; go by; go past; surpass; pass.
  
  • A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window
  • He passed his professor in the hall
  • One line of soldiers surpassed the other

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• noun a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
  pass catcher; receiver.
  

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• noun (American football) a successful forward pass in football
  completion.
  

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• verb form a critical opinion of
  judge; evaluate.
  
  • I cannot judge some works of modern art
  • How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people

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• verb be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
  
  • She passed off as a Russian agent
• verb disregard
  
  • She passed off the insult
• verb cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
  
  • She passed the glass off as diamonds
  • He passed himself off as a secret agent
• verb disappear gradually
  blow over; fade; pass; evanesce; fleet.
  
  • The pain eventually passed off
• verb come to pass
  fall out; come about; pass; hap; happen; take place; occur; go on.
  
  • What is happening?
  • The meeting took place off without an incidence
  • Nothing occurred that seemed important
• verb expel (gases or odors)
  breathe; emit.
  

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• verb place into the hands or custody of
  give; turn over; reach; hand; pass.
  
  • hand me the spoon, please
  • Turn the files over to me, please
  • He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers
• verb transmit (knowledge or skills)
  leave; give; impart.
  
  • give a secret to the Russians
  • leave your name and address here
  • impart a new skill to the students
• verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
  advance; move on; march on; progress; go on.
  
  • Time marches on
• verb give to or transfer possession of
  
  • She passed the family jewels on to her daughter-in-law
• verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
  relegate; submit.
  
  • She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues
• verb cause be distributed
  distribute; pass around; circulate.
  
  • This letter is being circulated among the faculty
• verb transmit information
  put across; pass along; communicate; pass.
  
  • Please communicate this message to all employees
  • pass along the good news

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• verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
  swoon; faint; conk.
  
• verb give to several people
  give out; distribute; hand out.
  
  • The teacher handed out the exams
• verb lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
  zonk out; black out.
  

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• verb bypass
  jump; skip over; skip.
  
  • He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
• verb make a passage or journey from one place to another
  move through; transit; pass across; pass over.
  
  • The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
  • "Some travelers pass through the desert
• verb travel across or pass over
  traverse; track; get across; cover; cross; cut through; get over; cut across.
  
  • The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
• verb fly over
  overfly.
  
  • The plane passed over Damascus
• verb rub with a circular motion
  wipe.
  
  • wipe the blackboard
  • He passed his hands over the soft cloth

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• noun a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
  pass catcher; receiver.
  

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• verb make a passage or journey from one place to another
  move through; transit; pass across; pass over.
  
  • The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
  • "Some travelers pass through the desert
• verb cause to move through
  
  • Pass a chemical through a solution
• verb pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
  infiltrate.
  

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• verb refuse to accept
  decline; refuse; turn down; reject.
  
  • He refused my offer of hospitality
• verb fail to acknowledge
  
  • he passed me up in the street

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• verb eliminate urine
  wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
  
  • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

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• verb succeed at easily
  sweep through; ace; nail; sail through; breeze through.
  
  • She sailed through her exams
  • You will pass with flying colors
  • She nailed her astrophysics course

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Pass"-key` noun

Definitions

1. A key for opening more locks than one; a master key.

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Pass`-pa*role" noun

Etymology

F. passe-parole.

Definitions

1. (Mil.) An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth.

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• noun an opening that resembles a window between two rooms (especially a shelved opening between a kitchen and dining room that is used to pass dishes)
  

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• noun a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers
  

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Sea" pass`

Definitions

1. A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.

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• noun a pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does
  

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• to accomplish to effect. "Trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass." Ps. xxxvii. 5.

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• . See under Bring, and Come.

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• to happen; to fall out.

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• 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 omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due.

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• to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. Collog.

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

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• to pass through a muster or inspection without censure.

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• 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 proceed.

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• . (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 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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