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Synonyms for pass

go by or past

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run

be left

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kick

be successful in

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  • be successful in
  • qualify (in)
  • succeed (in)
  • graduate (in)
  • get through
  • do
  • pass muster (in)
  • come up to scratch (in)
  • gain a pass in

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  • fail
  • be unsuccessful in
  • lose
  • be inferior to
  • be inadequate in
  • come a cropper in
  • suffer defeat in

let something pass

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make a pass at someone

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  • make advances to
  • proposition
  • hit on
  • come on to
  • make a play for
  • make an approach to
  • make sexual overtures to

pass as or for something or someone

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  • be mistaken for
  • be taken for
  • impersonate
  • be accepted as
  • be regarded as

pass away or on

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pass by

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pass off: take place

pass off: come to an end

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pass out

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pass someone over

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pass something or someone off as something or someone

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  • misrepresent as
  • palm something or someone off as
  • falsely represent as
  • disguise something or someone as
  • dress something or someone up as

pass something out

pass something over

pass something up

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pass yourself off as someone

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  • pretend to be
  • fake being
  • feign being
  • make a pretence of being
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for pass

to move along a particular course

to make or go on a journey

to catch up with and move past

to go across

to move past in time

to cause to be transferred from one to another

to cause (a disease) to pass to another or others

to come as by lot or inheritance

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to convey (something) from one generation to the next

to move toward a termination

to use time in a particular way

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to go through (life) in a certain way

to represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is

to be accepted or approved

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to accept officially

pass away: to move toward a termination

pass off: to offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item)

pass out: to suffer temporary lack of consciousness

pass over: to pretend not to see

a free ticket entitling one to transportation or admission

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Synonyms for pass

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

any authorization to pass or go somewhere

a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

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a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

a difficult juncture

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you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

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a permit to enter or leave a military installation

a complimentary ticket

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a usually brief attempt

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

success in satisfying a test or requirement

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make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

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stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

disappear gradually

be superior or better than some standard

accept or judge as acceptable

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allow to go without comment or censure

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transfer to another

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pass into a specified state or condition

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throw (a ball) to another player

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cause to pass

of advancing the ball by throwing it

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References in classic literature ?
"Proceed, John Carter," said Lakor; "but know that if Thurid does not lay you low there will be those awaiting your return who will see that you never pass again into the sunlight of the upper world.
We had proceeded for but a short distance when we commenced to pass the mouths of diverging corridors, but not once did Woola hesitate.
She listened as one listens to the words of a king when he passes judgement for life or for death.
Whilst Aylward had been speaking, a strong column of archers had defiled through the pass beneath them.
"Father brought the paper home from Bright River not ten minutes ago--it came out on the afternoon train, you know, and won't be here till tomorrow by mail--and when I saw the pass list I just rushed over like a wild thing.
Fogg and his companions resumed their places in the car, and observed the varied landscape which unfolded itself as they passed along the vast prairies, the mountains lining the horizon, and the creeks, with their frothy, foaming streams.
A door in the corridor he had quitted opened after he had passed, and the third warrior stepped out and followed after him.
And passed. Ay, it passed; for many a dog, as well as a human, had he, Bashti, devoured in his hey-dey of appetite and youth, when he knew only motion and strength, and fed motion and strength out of the calabashes of feasting.
Rouletabille opened the door of his room and after we had passed in, carefully drew the bolt.
And still the interminable procession came out of the obscurity to south and passed into the obscurity to north, with never a sound of voice, nor hoof, nor wheel.
"That remains to be seen," said Don Quixote, who was listening to all that passed; and he was right, as is shown in the following chapter.
Many of the lamps were already extinguished; a few country waggons were slowly toiling on, towards London; now and then, a stage-coach, covered with mud, rattled briskly by: the driver bestowing, as he passed, and admonitory lash upon the heavy waggoner who, by keeping on the wrong side of the road, had endangered his arriving at the office, a quarter of a minute after his time.
They passed several small houses and farms, in front of each of which was stationed a sentry.
Amid all this, I confess, I wondered, too, in secret, whether we should meet, or catch a glimpse of somebody else; and as we passed his lodgings, I even went so far as to wonder whether he was at the window.
While we were still trying to understand each other, a cab passed slowly at some little distance.