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pass up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb pass up has 2 senses
- pass up(v = verb.possession) decline, refuse, reject, turn down - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" Sample sentence:
- pass up(v = verb.perception) Array - fail to acknowledge; "he passed me up in the street" is one way to ignore
They pass up the money
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
THESAURUS
pass up
abandon, abjure, abstain, abstain from, avoid, brush aside, chuck, chuck out, contemn, contradict, cut, cut dead, decline, deny, despise, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, do without, eschew, except, exclude, forbear, forgo, forswear, give the go-by, goldbrick, goof off, hold aloof from, hold back, ignore, jump, keep from, leave, leave loose ends, leave undone, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, let go by, look right through, make little of, malinger, miss, neglect, never touch, not touch, omit, overlook, pass by, pass over, pooh-pooh, pretermit, procrastinate, push aside, rebuff, recant, refrain, refrain from, refuse, refuse to acknowledge, refuse to consider, refuse to recognize, reject, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, scout, shirk, shove away, shun, skip, slack, slight, spare, spurn, stand aloof from, throw away, throw out, trifle, turn away, turn out, waive, withhold
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