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pass
Part of speech: VerbTo go or move from one place, state, or condition to another; to move along; as, the parade passes down the street; to be exchanged; as, money passed between them; to go by; as, the night passed; to make one's way; to go unnoticed; as, his action passed without rebuke; to go from person to person; circulate; to be enacted; as, the law finally passed; depart; die.
Part of speech: VerbTo go by, through, beyond, etc.; as, to pass the house; to pass an examination; to pass the age of twenty- one; to cause or allow to go; to hand; as, to pass the butter; to spend; to exceed; to give as a judgment; utter.
Part of speech: NounA narrow passage; defile; as, a pass in the mountains; permission; as, a railway pass; state of extremity; as, to come to a dreadful pass; a thrust, as in fencing.
Usage examples "pass":- And then, when they were at this pass, Mr. O'Dwyer came in. - "Castle Richmond", Anthony Trollope.
- " He would have done so," he replied, " but I stopped him before a name could pass his lips. - "Barren Honour: A Novel", George A. Lawrence.
- Here, have a time for yourself when you get a pass to town. - "Dave Dawson at Casablanca", Robert Sydney Bowen.