| of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play" Synonyms: passing,
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| eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" Synonyms: excrete, egest, eliminate,
| | come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Synonyms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, fall out, come about, take place,
| | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" Synonyms: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, kick the bucket, cash in one''s chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it,
| | disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" Synonyms: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet,
| | transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" Synonyms: communicate, pass on, pass along, put across,
| | grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" Synonyms: authorize, authorise, clear,
| | pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" Synonyms: guide, run, draw,
| | pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" Synonyms: sink, lapse,
| | travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" Synonyms: overtake, overhaul,
| | go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" Synonyms: go through, go across,
| | move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" Synonyms: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by,
| | cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" Synonyms: make pass,
| | pass by; "three years elapsed" Synonyms: elapse, lapse, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along,
| | transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"
| | be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" Synonyms: fall, return, devolve,
| | place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" Synonyms: hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give,
| | throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
| | allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"
| | make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" Synonyms: legislate,
| | go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House" Synonyms: clear,
| | accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
| | go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" Synonyms: make it,
| | be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" Synonyms: exceed, transcend, overstep, go past, top,
| | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn''t go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" Synonyms: run, go, lead, extend,
| | pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" Synonyms: spend,
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| success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry" Synonyms: passing, qualifying,
| | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" Synonyms: toss, flip,
| | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" Synonyms: base on balls, walk,
| | a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"
| | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" Synonyms: passing play, passing game, passing,
| | a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" Synonyms: crack, fling, go, whirl, offer,
| | a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
| | a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out" Synonyms: liberty chit,
| | a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes" Synonyms: laissez passer,
| | any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" Synonyms: passport,
| | you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" Synonyms: bye,
| | one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
| | a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" Synonyms: head, straits,
| | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" Synonyms: mountain pass, notch,
| | a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs Synonyms: strait, straits,
| | (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
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