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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. |
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To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands. |
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To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die. |
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To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily. |
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To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly. |
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To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation. |
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To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress. |
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To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass. |
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To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along. |
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To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass. |
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To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. |
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To take heed; to care. |
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To go through the intestines. |
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To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed. |
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To make a lunge or pass; to thrust. |
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To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. |
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In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side. |
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To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. |
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To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. |
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To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. |
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