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do not pass go, do not collect £200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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this too shall passNothing, good or bad, lasts forever. Used to indicate that a current situation or event, no matter how wonderful or horrible it is, will not last forever.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect $200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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pass offTo happen.Rate it:

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pass offTo misrepresent something.Rate it:

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pass outTo faint; fall asleep.Rate it:

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pass throughTo transit something.Rate it:

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pass byTo proceed past something.Rate it:

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pass awayTo die.Rate it:

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pass byTo pass over. disregard, overlook.Rate it:

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pass downTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.Rate it:

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pass outTo distribute, to hand out.Rate it:

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pass throughTo infiltrate.Rate it:

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pass onTo skip or decline.Rate it:

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aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere (pass. in oblivionem venire)to make a person forget a thing.Rate it:

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do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollarsAlternative spelling of do not pass go, do not collect $200Rate it:

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don't pass goTo say that somebody is not to do anything without receiving further instructions.Rate it:

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don't pass goTo say that somebody is obliged to do something without question.Rate it:

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hospital passA poorly executed pass to a team-mate causing the receiver to present an easy target for a defender, and thus be tackled hard.Rate it:

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hospital passA throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Thus, a hospital pass.Rate it:

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hospital passAn unwinnable case, often passed to a newly-qualified member of the firm.Rate it:

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hospital passExempting one from regular activities, to instead visit a hospital.Rate it:

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pass asTo be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.Rate it:

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pass forTo be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose.Rate it:

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pass forTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is notRate it:

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pass musterTo measure up to a particular standard.Rate it:

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pass musterTo adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.Rate it:

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pass onTo die.Rate it:

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pass onTo convey or communicate.Rate it:

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pass outTo graduate, usually marked by the ceremony at the end of their training.Rate it:

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pass overTo bypass; to skip.Rate it:

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pass overTo make a transit of; to pass through or across.Rate it:

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pass overTo die.Rate it:

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pass overTo overlook; not to note or resent.Rate it:

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pass overTo fly over.Rate it:

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pass roundto distributeRate it:

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pass the buckTo transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.Rate it:

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Pass the BuckTo make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actionsRate it:

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Pass the HatTo ask for money and financial contribution, to begRate it:

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pass the hatTo ask for money, especially from a group of people; to solicit donations or contributions.Rate it:

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pass the riverTo die.Rate it:

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pass the torchTo transfer duties or tasks on to another; relinquish responsibilities in favor of someone newRate it:

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pass throughTo make something move through something else.Rate it:

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pass upTo refuse (not accept); forgo.Rate it:

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pass upUsed other than as an idiom: see pass, up.Rate it:

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please pass the saltplease pass the saltRate it:

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pretty passAn unsatisfactory situation.Rate it:

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sell the passTo betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.Rate it:

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ships that pass in the nightTwo or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.Rate it:

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ships that pass in the nightThings which have no significant connection or commonality.Rate it:

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