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pass

n.

An opening through mountains
defile, gorge, ravine, crossing, track, way, path, passageway, water gap, col (French); see also route 1.
A document assuring permission to pass
permit, ticket, passport, visa, order, admission, furlough, permission, right, license; see also permit.
In sports, the passing of the ball from one player to another
toss, throw, hurl, fling, flip; see also pitch 2.
Types of passes, sense 3, include: forward, lateral, line, bounce, touchdown pass*, bullet*, shovel*, spot*, flat*, passback*, snapback*.
*An advance
approach, sexual overture, proposition, move; see suggestion 1.

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pass

v.

To move past
go by, go past, run by, run past, flit by, come by, shoot ahead of, catch, come to the front, go beyond, roll on, fly past, reach, roll by, cross, flow past, glide by, go in opposite directions, blow over*; see also move 1.
To elapse
transpire, slip away, slip by, pass away, pass by, fly, fly by, linger, glide by, run out, drag, crawl.
To complete a course successfully
matriculate, be graduated, pass with honors, qualify; see succeed 1.
To hand to others
transfer, relinquish, hand over; see give 1.
To enact
legislate, establish, vote in; see enact.
To become enacted
carry, become law, become valid, be ratified, be established, be ordained, be sanctioned.
To refuse to act
decline, ignore, omit, skip a turn; see disregard, neglect 1, refuse.
To exceed
excel, transcend, go beyond; see exceed, surpass.
To spend time
fill, occupy oneself, while away*; see spend 2.
To pronounce formally
announce, claim, state; see declare 1.
To proceed
progress, get ahead, move on, go on; see advance 1.
To emit
give off, send forth, exude; see emit 1.

bring to pass

bring about, initiate, start; see cause 1.

come to pass

occur, develop, come about; see happen 2.

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Another word for pass

verb

To move along a particular course:
fare, go, journey, proceed, push on, remove, travel, wend. Idiom: make one's way. See move
To make or go on a journey:
journey, peregrinate, travel, trek, trip. Idiom: hit the road. See move
To catch up with and move past:
overhaul, overtake. See approach
To be greater or better than:
best, better¹, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, surpass, top, transcend. (Informal) beat. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See big
To go across:
cross, track, transit, traverse. See move
To move past in time:
elapse, go (by), lapse. See time
To cause to be transferred from one to another:
convey, hand (over), transmit. See give
To make known:
break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, get across, impart, report, tell, transmit. See knowledge
To cause (a disease) to pass to another or others:
carry, communicate, convey, give, spread, transmit. See move
To come as by lot or inheritance:
devolve, fall. See reach
To convey (something) from one generation to the next.
Along or on: bequeath, hand down, hand on, transmit. See give
To move toward a termination:
go, go away, pass away. See approach, increase, time
To cease living.
Also used with on: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, perish, succumb. (Informal) pop off. (Slang) check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live
To take place:
befall, betide, come, come about, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, transpire. Idiom: come to pass. See happen
To use time in a particular way:
put in, spend. See time
To go through (life) in a certain way:
lead, live¹, pursue. See be
To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is:
attitudinize, impersonate, masquerade, pose, posture. Idiom: pass oneself off as. See honest
To be accepted or approved:
carry, clear. See accept
To accept officially:
adopt, affirm, approve, confirm, ratify, sanction. See accept, law

phrasal verb pass away

To move toward a termination:
go, go away, pass. See approach, increase, time
To cease living:
decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass (on), perish, succumb. (Informal) pop off. (Slang) check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live

phrasal verb pass off

To offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item):

fob off, foist, palm off, put off. See honest

phrasal verb pass out

To suffer temporary lack of consciousness:

black out, faint, keel over, swoon. See awareness

phrasal verb pass over

To pretend not to see:

blink (at), connive at, disregard, ignore, wink at. Idioms: be blind to, close (or shut) one's eyes to, look the other way, turn a blind eye to. See see

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