Phrasal Verbs With 'Pass'

Pass around phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Give out to everybody there
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The teacher PASSED the handout AROUND.

Pass as phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Be believed to be something
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: Although not qualified, he managed to PASS AS a doctor for years.

Pass away phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Die
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: Sadly, Georgia's uncle PASSED AWAY yesterday after a short illness.

Pass back phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Return
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I felt awful when the teacher started to PASS BACK the exam papers.

Pass by phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Go past without stopping
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: I was just PASSING BY when I saw the accident.
  2. Meaning: Visit briefly
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: I was PASSING BY her house the other day when I heard about it.
  3. Meaning: Miss an opportunity
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: The chance for promotion PASSED me BY.

Pass down phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Transmit information or give property to younger generations
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The tales were PASSED DOWN for centuries without changing ay of the words.

Pass for phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Be accepted as something, usually when not
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: You'd be surprised at what PASSES FOR good cooking in many restaurants.

Pass off phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Convince something that something is real
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I managed to PASS OFF the fake money in the market.
  2. Meaning: Happen in a certain way
    (Intransitive | British English)
    » Example: The demonstration PASSED OFF peacefully.

Pass on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Give a message to someone
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I'll PASS the message ON when she gets here.
  2. Meaning: Decline an invitation or opportunity
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: I think I'll PASS ON dinner tonight- I'm not hungry.
  3. Meaning: Die
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: Her husband PASSED ON last year.

Pass on to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Change topic or subject
    (Inseparable | British English)
    » Example: Let's PASS ON TO the next item on the agenda.

Pass out phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Faint, lose consciousness
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: He got so drunk that he PASSED OUT.
  2. Meaning: Distribute
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The protesters PASSED OUT leaflets to the growing crowd.

Pass over phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Ignore someone and give a job, reward, etc, to someone more junior
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: They PASSED him OVER and made his assistant the new director.
  2. Meaning: Ignore, refuse to discuss
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: Let's PASS OVER what they said and get on.

Pass round phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Distribute, give to people present
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: They PASSED ROUND copies of the handbook.

Pass through phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: I didn't see much as I was only PASSING THROUGH the town.

Pass to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Give ownership or responsibility to someone
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: The shares PASSED TO his daughter when he died.
  2. Meaning: Become owner of or responsible for something
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: The property will PASS TO her when they die.

Pass up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Decline a chance
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: She PASSED UP the opportunity to go to university because she'd been offered a job.

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