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pass over en · VERB

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
   • Could you pass the condiments over, please?
   • We are now passing over the Gulf of Bothnia.
2. (transitive, with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
   • Difficult not to feel a little bit Disappointed and passed over When I look right through To see you naked but oblivious And you don't see me 2000, “3 Libras”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
   • I can't believe they passed you over for promotion.
3. (intransitive, with over as preposition) To bypass (something); to skip (something).
   • Let's pass over that topic for now.
4. (intransitive, with over as preposition) To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).
   • Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over. 1953 November, John Bourne, “The Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 744:
   • It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
5. (intransitive, with over as preposition) To overlook; not to note or resent.
   • to pass over an affront
6. (euphemistic, intransitive, with over as adverbial particle) To die and thus progress to the afterlife.
   • Death does not change him, and when such a one passes over, he lingers to impress his vileness still further upon weak humanity. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 276:
   • "But why should I be in another room?" "You passed over in the night." "Passed over? Do you mean I died?" "Yes, lady, you died." There was a long silence. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

Forms

Deriveds

Passover

Synonyms

pass on (die) · cross over (die) · jump (bypass) · bypass (bypass) · pass (die) · traverse (make a transit of) · pass away (die) · omit (bypass) · fall asleep (die) · cross (make a transit of) · skip (bypass) · overfly (fly over) · cover (make a transit of) · fly over (fly over) · ignore (bypass) · die (die)