hall pass

noun

US
: a card that shows that a student has permission to be out of class during class time

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The Wauwatosa School District has been using an electronic hall pass system since the 2023-24 school year in all of its secondary schools. Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025 Authenticity is not a hall pass for acting without considering the impact. Britt Frank, CNBC, 22 July 2025 Kaylie Hill, Scotch-Brite Ambassador and Cleaning Influencer, and Marla Mock, President of Molly Maid, a Neighborly company, give these cleaning tasks a hall pass for the summer. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 July 2025 Now Republicans are ready to take their latest turn with the filibuster hall pass, and the pressure will be on MacDonough to be creative in her thinking about what is legislation and what is reconciliation. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 30 May 2025 Uncertainty is not a hall pass to abandon employee communication. Nikki Little, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 Zoey Deutch leads the movie as Midwestern bride-to-be Gail Daughtry whose fiancé lives out their celebrity hall pass agreement. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 May 2025 When Aaron shows up, Denise shares that Brooke is his hall pass, and no one seems more surprised by this than Aaron. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025 City Bingo is a cutthroat competition that gives you a hall pass to cheat, all supporting a nonprofit and its mission to promote city life and love. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Hall pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hall%20pass. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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