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Verb (used with object)
Verb (used without object)
to live or be known as a member of a racial, religious, or ethnic group other than one's own, esp. to live and be known as a white person although of black ancestry.
Noun
a road, channel, or other way providing a means of passage, as through an obstructed region or other barrier.
Military .
- a military document granting the right to cross lines or to enter or leave a military or naval base or building.
- written authority given a soldier to leave a station or duty for a specified period of time.
Chiefly British . the act of passing a university or school examination or course without honors or distinction.
Informal .
- a gesture, action, or remark that is intended to be sexually inviting; amorous overture.
- a jab or poke with the arm, esp. one that misses its mark.
Verb phrases
pass along or through, to add (incurred extra costs or expenses) to the amount charged a client or customer
pass off,
- to present or offer (something) under false pretenses; dispose of deceptively
- to pass off a spurious de Kooning on a gullible buyer.
- to cause to be accepted or received under a false identity
- He passed himself off as a doctor.
- to cease gradually; end
- The headache passed off in the late afternoon.
- to disregard or ignore.
- to continue to completion; occur
- The meeting passed off without incident.
Idioms
bring to pass
- to cause to happen; bring about
- His wife's death brought to pass a change in his attitude toward religion.
pass out
- Informal .
- to lose consciousness; faint.
- to die; pass away.
- to distribute, esp. individually by hand
- to pass out discount coupons on a street corner.
- to walk or march out or through; leave or exit by means of
- The graduates will pass out the center aisle after receiving their diplomas. Pass out this door and turn left.
- to be exempted or promoted from
- Jerry passed out of freshman composition on the basis of his entering essay.
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