pass over

present singular third person passes over · participle present passing over · participle past passed over · past passed over

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.

   Could you pass the condiments over, please?

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   We are now passing over the Gulf of Bothnia.

   Synonyms: fly over, overfly

2. transitiveTo bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.

   I can't believe they passed you over for promotion.

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   Difficult not to feel a little bit Disappointed and passed over When I look right through To see you naked but oblivious And you don't see me

   2000, “3 Libras”, performed by A Perfect Circle

3. intransitiveTo bypass (something); to skip (something).

   Let's pass over that topic for now.

   Synonyms: bypass, ignore, jump, omit, skip

4. intransitiveTo make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).

   Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over.

   1953 November, John Bourne, “The Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 744

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   It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   Synonyms: cover, cross, traverse

5. intransitiveTo overlook; not to note or resent.

   to pass over an affront

6. euphemisticintransitiveTo die and thus progress to the afterlife.

   Death does not change him, and when such a one passes over, he lingers to impress his vileness still further upon weak humanity.

   1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 276

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   "But why should I be in another room?" "You passed over in the night." "Passed over? Do you mean I died?" "Yes, lady, you died." There was a long silence.

   1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

   Synonyms: cross over, die, fall asleep, pass, pass away, pass on