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evanesce, be emitted: The water passes off as steam, leaving
the distillate in the flask. 18 pass on. a proceed, continue,
progress: Let us now pass on to the next lesson. b bequeath,
hand down or on, transfer, make over, will, cede, give: The old
gambler passed on to me the secret of never losing - Don't
gamble. c See 14, (a), above. 19 pass (oneself) off as. See 16,
(b), above. 20 pass out. a faint, collapse, swoon, black out,
drop, Colloq conk out, keel over: When they told her of the
accident, she passed out on the spot. b distribute, dole out,
mete out, deal (out), hand out: After we took our seats, the
cabin staff passed out glasses of champagne. 21 pass over. See
3, above: I shall pass over his latest misdeeds without
comment. 22 pass up. reject, decline, refuse, waive, turn down,
dismiss, spurn, renounce; deny (oneself), skip, give up, forgo,
let go (by), abandon, forswear, forsake, let pass, ignore, pay
no heed, disregard, pay no heed, omit: If you don't buy this
car, you are passing up an opportunity of a lifetime.
--n. 23 defile, gorge, col, cwm, cut, canyon or ca¤on, notch,
gap, gully, couloir; passage, opening, way, route, road: We had
mined the pass to prevent the enemy's advance. 24
authorization, permit, licence, approval, safe conduct, green
light, go-ahead; permission, freedom, liberty, authority,
clearance; Colloq OK or okay: He bribed an official for a pass
to leave the country. 25 free pass, complimentary ticket, Slang
US twofer, Annie Oakley: I have two passes to the opera tonight
- Want to go? 26 state (of affairs), condition, situation,
stage, juncture, status, crux; predicament, crisis: At that
critical pass, it was too late to change policy. Things had come
to a pretty pass. 27 attempt, trial, try, effort, endeavour:
Anita's first pass at a perfect score resulted in disaster. We
made a pass at docking while under sail. 28 (sexual or indecent)
overture or advance(s), proposition, indecent proposal: That
lecher has made a pass at every secretary he's ever had. 29
manoeuvre, approach; passage, flight, fly-by, transit: The
pilot's first pass over the airfield was at 500 feet. 30
transfer, toss, throw, US hand-off: A forward pass is illegal
in rugby.
passable adj. 1 satisfactory, acceptable, tolerable, all right,
adequate, admissible, allowable, presentable, average, fair
(enough), fair to middling, fairly good, middling, not bad,
unexceptional, sufficient, indifferent, Colloq OK or okay, so