To Pass Someone By

02-05-2021
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Pass on something/someone meaning: to refuse an opportunity involving something or someone; decline:. If an event or opportunity passes you by, you do not notice it or get pleasure or an advantage from it: We mustn't let this opportunity pass us. (Definition of pass sb by from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of pass.

pass as (someone or something)

1. To be able to be accepted as or believed to be someone or something else. The fact that glass can so easily pass as diamond among most consumers tells me that the gem's value is kind of a hoax.With the right clothes and makeup, I think you could easily pass as an adult.
2. To cause someone or something to be accepted as or believed to be someone or something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between 'pass' and 'as.' A fancy glass exterior isn't enough to pass this budget phone as the premium gadget the company wants you to think that it is.A nice suit could easily pass you as a respectable businessman.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

To Pass Somebody By

Pass

To Let Someone Pass By

pass as someone or something

to succeed in being accepted as someone or something. The spy was able to pass as a regular citizen. The thief was arrested when he tried to pass as a priest.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

pass as

v.

To Pass Someone By Name

To give some unreal impression that is accepted as real; pass for something: Although he was 30, he could easily pass as a teenager when he shaved his beard.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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To Pass Someone By Meaning


To Pass Someone By Text

  1. transitive to give someone something that someone else has given you
    pass something on to someone:

    I’ll pass these clothes on to my nephew when my lads have outgrown them.

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  2. transitive to give someone an infectiousillness

    I took the day off work because I didn’t want to pass on my flu to everyone in the office.

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    1. to give something such as a disease to your children through your genes

      Women can’t get this condition although they can pass it on.

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  3. transitive to make someone who is buying something from you pay for the cost of something
    pass something on to someone:

    The retailer is forced to pass these extracosts on to the customer.

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  4. transitive to arrange for a customer to speak to someone else who can give them the information or service that they have asked you for, because you cannot provide it for them
    pass someone on to someone:

    I’ll pass you on to our claimsdepartment.

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  5. intransitive same as pass