📒 to achieve the required standard in an exam, a test, etc.
- I'm not really expecting to pass first time.
- She passed with flying colours (= very easily).
- pass something She hasn't passed her driving test yet.
📒 to test somebody and decide that they are good enough, according to an agreed standard
- The examiners passed all the candidates.
📒 to move past or to the other side of somebody/something
- Several people were passing but nobody offered to help.
- I hailed a passing taxi.
- The security guard refused to let us pass.
📒 to go or move in the direction mentioned
- The procession passed slowly along the street.
- We passed through a security checkpoint.
- A plane passed low overhead.
📒 to make something move in the direction or into the position mentioned
- He passed the rope around the post three times to secure it.
- She passed her hand across her forehead.
📒 to give something to somebody by putting it into their hands or in a place where they can easily reach it
- pass something Pass the salt, please.
- Pass that book over.
- pass something to somebody He passed a note to his friend.
📒 to give somebody information or a message
- pass something to somebody His wife had been passing information to the police.
- pass something They devised a method of passing secret messages.
📒 to kick, hit or throw the ball to a player of your own side
- pass something (to somebody) He passed the ball to Sterling.
- pass (to somebody) Why do they keep passing back to the goalie?
- They should pass more.
📒 when time passes, it goes by
- Almost fifty years have passed since that day.
- Six months passed and we still had no news of them.
- The time passed quickly.
📒 to spend time, especially when you are bored or waiting for something
- We sang songs to pass the time.
- How do you pass the long winter nights?
- She went for a walk to pass the time until dinner.
📒 to come to an end; to be over
- They waited for the storm to pass.
- It's just a phase which will eventually pass.
- This is a record of an era long since passed (= that ended a long time ago).
📒 to change from one state or condition to another
- She had passed from childhood to early womanhood.
📒 to be given to another person after first belonging to somebody else, especially after the first person has died
- On his death, the title passed to his eldest son.
📒 to become greater than a particular total
- Unemployment has now passed the three million mark.
📒 to accept a proposal, law, etc. by voting; to be accepted in this way
- pass something to pass a bill/law/resolution
- The Kansas State House narrowly passed the legislation last year.
- In 1996, Congress unanimously passed the Food Quality Protection Act.
📒 to be allowed
- I don't like it, but I'll let it pass (= will not object).
- Her remarks passed without comment (= people ignored them).
📒 to happen; to be said or done
- pass (between A and B) They'll never be friends again after all that has passed between them.
- + adj. His departure passed unnoticed.
📒 to say that you do not know the answer to a question, especially during a quiz
- ‘What's the capital of Peru?’ ‘I'll have to pass on that one.’
- ‘Who wrote ‘Catch-22’?’ ‘Pass (= I don't know).’
📒 to say that you do not want something that is offered to you
- Thanks. I'm going to pass on dessert, if you don't mind.
📒 to say or state something, especially officially
- The court waited in silence for the judge to pass sentence.
- It's not for me to pass judgement on your behaviour.
- The man smiled at the girl and passed a friendly remark.
📒 to go beyond the limits of what you can believe, understand, etc.
- It passes belief (= is impossible to believe) that she could do such a thing.
📒 to refuse to play a card or make a bid when it is your turn
📒 to send something out from the body as or with waste matter
- If you're passing blood you ought to see a doctor.
📒 to happen
- How did such a disaster come to pass?
- I wondered how it came to pass that a thinking man bore the prejudices of his unthinking parents.
📒 if words do not pass your lips, you say nothing
📒 if food or drink does not pass your lips, you eat or drink nothing
📒 to collect money from a number of people, for example to buy a present for somebody
📒 to be accepted as of a good enough standard
📒 to say hello to somebody and have a short conversation with them
📒 to urinate