Antonyms for passing over


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


Definition of passing over

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."
  • verb ignore, disregard
Example sentences :
  • Its losses had not yet been heavy, as most of the cannon fire was passing over their heads.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • A whirlwind of madness seemed to be passing over the region.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • There his bones lie to this day, and no man knows when he is passing over them.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • My dead body, or what I told him about passing over it, was the revolver that I flourished.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Meanwhile, the lands, which he is passing over, suffer from his driving.
  • Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
  • There were frequent cases of Cuadrilleros passing over to a band of brigands.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • "Here is your mail," he said, passing over a handful of letters and papers.
  • Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
  • The cloth is dyed by means of passing over a roller into a dye vat.
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
  • A train was passing over at the time, and plunged into the abyss with all its passengers.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • “At noon to-day,” replied Croyden, passing over the envelope.
  • Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott

Synonyms for passing over

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