as in to traverse
to make one's way through, across, or over
passed over two bridges
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1
as in to ignore
to fail to give proper attention to
you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice
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as in to forgive
to dismiss as of little importance
I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before
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Recent Examples of pass (over)
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Transportation planners can improve roadway safety and increase habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating special critter byways—for mammals, birds, insects and other creatures—to pass over, under and across roads away from vehicles.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Women continue to face many obstacles at work, including getting passed over for leadership positions.
—Owen Tripp, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
People have been passed over for kidney transplants, denied therapies and diagnosed with diseases later than necessary simply because of the color of their skin.
—Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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As the eye passed over Sarasota, providing a brief, eerie stillness on the ground—birds singing, crickets chirping—the wind and rain in Tampa, on the north side of the storm, grew violent.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Transportation planners can improve roadway safety and increase habitat connectivity for wildlife by creating special critter byways—for mammals, birds, insects and other creatures—to pass over, under and across roads away from vehicles.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Women continue to face many obstacles at work, including getting passed over for leadership positions.
—Owen Tripp, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
People have been passed over for kidney transplants, denied therapies and diagnosed with diseases later than necessary simply because of the color of their skin.
—Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Pass (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28over%29. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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