pass over

pass  (ps)

v. passed, pass·ing, pass·es

v.intr.

1. To move on or ahead; proceed.

2. To extend; run: The river passes through our land.

3.

a. To move by: The band passed and the crowd cheered.

b. To move past another vehicle: The sports car passed on the right.

4. To gain passage despite obstacles: pass through difficult years.

5. To move past in time; elapse: The days passed quickly.

6.

a. To be transferred from one to another; circulate: The wine passed around the table.

b. Sports To transfer a ball or puck to a teammate.

7. To be communicated or exchanged between persons: Loud words passed in the corridor.

8. To be transferred or conveyed to another by will or deed: The title passed to the older heir.

9. To undergo transition from one condition, form, quality, or characteristic to another: Daylight passed into darkness.

10. To come to an end: My anger suddenly passed. The headache finally passed.

11. To cease to exist; die. Often used with on: The patient passed on during the night.

12. To happen; take place: What passed during the day?

13.

a. To be allowed to happen without notice or challenge: Let their rude remarks pass.

b. Sports & Games To decline one's turn to bid, draw, bet, compete, or play.

c. To decline an offer: When we offered him dessert, he passed.

14. To undergo an examination or a trial with favorable results.

15.

a. To serve as a barely acceptable substitute: The spare tire was nearly bald but would pass until we bought a new one.

b. To be accepted as a member of a group by denying one's own ancestry or background.

16. To be approved or adopted: The motion to adjourn passed.

17. Law

a. To pronounce an opinion, judgment, or sentence.

b. To sit in adjudication.

18. To be voided: Luckily the kidney stone passed before she had to be hospitalized.

19. Sports To thrust or lunge in fencing.

v.tr.

1. To go by without stopping; leave behind.

2.

a. To go by without paying attention to; disregard or ignore: If you pass the new photographs in the collection, you'll miss some outstanding ones.

b. To fail to pay (a dividend).

3. To go beyond; surpass: The inheritance passed my wildest dreams.

4. To go across; go through: We passed the border into Mexico.

5.

a. To undergo (a trial or examination) with favorable results: She passed every test.

b. To cause or allow to go through a trial, test, or examination successfully: The instructor passed all the candidates.

6.

a. To cause to move: We passed our hands over the fabric.

b. To cause to move into a certain position: pass a ribbon around a package.

c. To cause to move as part of a process: pass liquid through a filter.

d. To cause to go by: The sergeant passed his troops before the general and halted them at the grandstand.

e. Baseball To walk (a batter).

f. To maneuver (the bull) by means of a pase in bullfighting.

7. To allow to go by or elapse; spend: He passed his winter in Vermont.

8. To allow to cross a barrier: The border guard passed the tourists.

9.

a. To cause to be transferred from one to another; circulate: They passed the news quickly.

b. To hand over to someone else: Please pass the bread.

c. Sports To transfer (a ball, for example) to a teammate, as by throwing.

d. To cause to be accepted; circulate fraudulently: pass counterfeit money.

e. Law To transfer title or ownership of.

10. To discharge (body waste, for example); void.

11.

a. To approve; adopt: The legislature passed the bill.

b. To be sanctioned, ratified, or approved by: The bill passed the House of Representatives.

12. To pronounce; utter: pass judgment; pass sentence on an offender.

n.

1. The act of passing; passage.

2. A way, such as a narrow gap between mountains, that affords passage around, over, or through a barrier. See Synonyms at way.

3.

a. A permit, ticket, or authorization to come and go at will.

b. A free ticket entitling one to transportation or admisssion.

c. Written leave of absence from military duty.

4.

a. A sweep or run, as by an aircraft, over or toward an area or target.

b. A single complete cycle of operations, as by a machine or computer program.

5. A condition or situation, often critical in nature; a predicament. See Synonyms at crisis.

6. A sexual invitation or overture.

7. A motion of the hand or the waving of a wand.

8.

a. Sports A transfer of a ball or puck between teammates.

b. Sports A lunge or thrust in fencing.

c. Baseball A base on balls.

9. Sports & Games A refusal to bid, draw, bet, compete, or play.

10. Games A winning throw of the dice in craps.

11. A pase in bullfighting.

Phrasal Verbs:

pass away

1. To pass out of existence; end.

2. To die.

pass for

To be accepted as or believed to be: You could pass for a teenager. The fake painting passed for an original.

pass off

1. To offer, sell, or put into circulation (an imitation) as genuine: pass off glass as a gemstone.

2. To present (one's self) as other than what one is: tried to pass himself off as a banker.

pass out

To lose consciousness.

pass over

To leave out; disregard.

pass up Informal

To let go by; reject: pass up a chance for promotion; an opportunity too good to pass up.

Idioms:

bring to pass

To cause to happen.

come to pass

To occur.

pass muster

To pass an examination or inspection; measure up to a given standard.

pass (one's) lips

1. To be eaten or drunk.

2. To issue or be spoken: Rumors never passed her lips.

pass the hat

To take up a collection of money.

pass the time of day

To exchange greetings or engage in pleasantries.

pass the torch

To relinquish (responsibilities, for example) to another or others.

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[Middle English passen, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin passre, from Latin passus, step; see pace¹.]

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passer n.

Usage Note: The past tense and past participle of pass is passed: They passed (or have passed) our home. Time had passed slowly. Past is the corresponding adjective (in centuries past), adverb (drove past), preposition (past midnight), and noun (lived in the past).

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pass over

Verb

1. to take no notice of; disregard: she claims she had been passed over for promotion because she is a woman

2. to ignore or not discuss: this disaster can not be passed over lightly

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	pass over - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" skip, skip over, jump neglect, omit, leave out, pretermit, overleap, overlook, miss, drop - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
	2.	pass over - make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert" move through, pass across, pass through, transit transit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" cut - pass through or across; "The boat cut the water" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
	3.	pass over - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, get across, track, cover tramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks" stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods" walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" crisscross - cross in a pattern, often random ford - cross a river where it's shallow bridge - cross over on a bridge jaywalk - cross the road at a red light drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic" hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
	4.	pass over - fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus" overfly air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	5.	pass over - rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth" wipe rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" sponge - wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten squeegee - wipe with a squeegee; "squeegee the windows" broom, sweep - sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" towel - wipe with a towel; "towel your hair dry" whisk off, whisk - brush or wipe off lightly guide, pass, run, draw - pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"