Antonyms for passes up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas, pahs
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs


Definition of passes up

Origin :
  • "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
  • As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
  • As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
  • As in neglect : verb be indifferent, leave alone
  • As in abstain : verb hold back from doing
  • As in pass : verb decide not to do
  • As in rebuff : verb turn away; give the cold shoulder
  • As in refrain : verb do without; keep from doing
  • As in refuse : verb deny; say no
  • As in reject : verb say no to
  • As in ban : verb officially forbid
  • As in shun : verb avoid, ignore
  • As in skip : verb avoid, miss
  • As in snub : verb give someone the cold shoulder
  • As in boycott : verb ban; refrain from using
  • As in delete : verb erase, remove
  • As in elude : verb avoid; escape
  • As in evade : verb get away from
  • As in forgo : verb give up, do without
Example sentences :
  • He passes up one person after another and he has no joy in life.
  • Extract from : « An Anarchist Woman » by Hutchins Hapgood
  • Paris locked the door that passes up the turnpike to the Kings chamber.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Mary Stuart » by Andrew Lang
  • Stevenson passes up and down, sending his merry men up and down.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of Scotland » by Keith Clark
  • As he passes up the valley with his attendants there is a stir in his rude castle.
  • Extract from : « Judges and Ruth » by Robert A. Watson
  • Why, they mix into vapor, which passes up through this pipe to the cylinders.
  • Extract from : « Four Afloat » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Again we look upon the village church, but it is no mournful procession that passes up its shaded aisles.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 » by Various
  • The pylorus, formerly directed caudad, passes up and to the right.
  • Extract from : « The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity » by George. S. Huntington
  • At 20 the line turns to the left, and passes up the before-described incline to 100.
  • Extract from : « Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development » by Francis Galton
  • The exhaust occurs through the exhaust port d, whence it passes up the exhaust pipe and out at the smoke stack.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • Man with a gold-headed cane stops the stage, and passes up a five-cent piece.
  • Extract from : « The History and Records of the Elephant Club » by Knight Russ Ockside and Q. K. Philander Doesticks

Synonyms for passes up

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