have the pas of someone

verb

To have precedence over someone.

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Meanings

verbhave the pas of someone (third-person singular simple present has the pas of someone, present participle having the pas of someone, simple past and past participle had the pas of someone)

present singular third person has the pas of someone · participle present having the pas of someone · participle past had the pas of someone · past had the pas of someone

  1. obsoleteTo have precedence over someone.

    1758, 18 August, correspondence from Marlborough to William Pitt You may remember that […] major-generals Kilmanseg and Oberg were made lieutenant-generals, with their commissions ante-dated, lest they should be commanded by an Englishman, whom they had formerly had the pas of […]

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    But once the newcomer has settled her relative social standing and knows which of her fellows are to have the pas of her at the hayrick and the watering-place, and which she in turn may safely bully, all is peace in the pasture.

    1968, Edward Eggleston, The Faith Doctor, page 37
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