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pass downTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect £200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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this too shall passNothing, good or bad, lasts forever. Used to indicate that a current situation or event, no matter how wonderful or horrible it is, will not last forever.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect $200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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pass offTo happen.Rate it:

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pass offTo misrepresent something.Rate it:

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pass outTo faint; fall asleep.Rate it:

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pass throughTo transit something.Rate it:

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pass byTo proceed past something.Rate it:

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pass awayTo die.Rate it:

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pass byTo pass over. disregard, overlook.Rate it:

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pass outTo distribute, to hand out.Rate it:

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pass throughTo infiltrate.Rate it:

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pass onTo skip or decline.Rate it:

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aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere (pass. in oblivionem venire)to make a person forget a thing.Rate it:

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do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollarsAlternative spelling of do not pass go, do not collect $200Rate it:

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don't pass goTo say that somebody is obliged to do something without question.Rate it:

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don't pass goTo say that somebody is not to do anything without receiving further instructions.Rate it:

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hospital passA poorly executed pass to a team-mate causing the receiver to present an easy target for a defender, and thus be tackled hard.Rate it:

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hospital passA throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Thus, a hospital pass.Rate it:

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hospital passAn unwinnable case, often passed to a newly-qualified member of the firm.Rate it:

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hospital passExempting one from regular activities, to instead visit a hospital.Rate it:

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pass asTo be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.Rate it:

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pass forTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is notRate it:

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pass forTo be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose.Rate it:

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pass musterTo adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.Rate it:

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pass musterTo measure up to a particular standard.Rate it:

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pass onTo convey or communicate.Rate it:

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pass onTo die.Rate it:

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pass outTo graduate, usually marked by the ceremony at the end of their training.Rate it:

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pass overTo make a transit of; to pass through or across.Rate it:

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pass overTo die.Rate it:

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pass overTo overlook; not to note or resent.Rate it:

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pass overTo fly over.Rate it:

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pass overTo bypass; to skip.Rate it:

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pass roundto distributeRate it:

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pass the buckTo place blame or responsibility onto someone else when someone is not willing to accept blame or responsibility for his or her own actions To make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actions Being a leader, you will have to act wise without ever thinking to pass the buck, only then we will support you.Rate it:

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pass the hatTo ask for money, especially from a group of people; to solicit donations or contributions.Rate it:

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Pass the HatTo ask for money and financial contribution, to begRate it:

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pass the riverTo die.Rate it:

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pass the torchTo transfer duties or tasks on to another; relinquish responsibilities in favor of someone newRate it:

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pass throughTo make something move through something else.Rate it:

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pass upUsed other than as an idiom: see pass, up.Rate it:

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pass upTo refuse (not accept); forgo.Rate it:

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please pass the saltplease pass the saltRate it:

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pretty passAn unsatisfactory situation.Rate it:

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sell the passTo betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.Rate it:

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ships that pass in the nightTwo or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.Rate it:

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ships that pass in the nightThings which have no significant connection or commonality.Rate it:

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this too shall pass awayAlternative form of this too shall pass.Rate it:

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