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pass up

VERB
  1. fail to acknowledge
    he passed me up in the street
  2. refuse to accept
    He refused my offer of hospitality

How To Use pass up In A Sentence

  • According to John Ralson, who apparently has some sort of Avatar-like connection to all living things in the Silver State, Berkley had been weighing the decision for a while but ultimately decided that the opportunity was too good to pass up. HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Passes Budget, Catastrophe Postponed
  • Given that the blogger in question goes by the nickname Polycarp, it will be obvious how many potentially striking church history-related headlines I had to pass up... The Church Of Jesus Christ Has Begun Considering The Only True God
  • With a poem named "Europe," we should scarcely expect for a frontispiece the Ancient of Days, in unapproached grandeur, setting his "compass upon the face of the Earth," -- a vision revealed to the designer at the top of his own staircase. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864
  • And since traditional Christianity so obviously renounces this false freedom and stands against it, the opportunity to blame Tiller's death on all Christians who oppose abortion is simply too good to pass up for those who are committed to not only holding tightly to that freedom, but to expanding it ad extremum. Pope John Paul II
  • Why is it that Dems always pass up an opportunity to act with class? chris lewis DNC reacts: Palin decision 'continues a pattern of bizarre behavior'
  • When I got to the top of the ladder, please pass up the tools.
  • November is also the month of seat sales and while there are people who cannot walk past a shoe store without stopping to browse, I cannot pass up a bargain flight.
  • When I got to the top of the ladder, please pass up the tools.
  • He never goes to extremes and has no vices, except for the inability to pass up a bargain.
  • I could never pass up an opportunity to razz you though, you know that.
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