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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When Aaron shows up, Denise shares that Brooke is his hall pass, and no one seems more surprised by this than Aaron.
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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
None of that is to give teachers, counselors, administrators or any other public school staff a hall pass.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
Unlike some of their fellow contestants, these two followed Lana’s rules to build a connection, ultimately nabbing the season’s first Lana hall pass and what was left of the prize pot.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
Every work itinerary was like a hall pass in school: a reading, an event, a college visit.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
The couple had an emotional argument about her hall pass during Monday's The Last Resort.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
Bergeron is getting the hockey player hall pass on back-to-back offseasons of uncertainty.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
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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
None of that is to give teachers, counselors, administrators or any other public school staff a hall pass.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
Unlike some of their fellow contestants, these two followed Lana’s rules to build a connection, ultimately nabbing the season’s first Lana hall pass and what was left of the prize pot.
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
Every work itinerary was like a hall pass in school: a reading, an event, a college visit.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
The couple had an emotional argument about her hall pass during Monday's The Last Resort.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
Bergeron is getting the hockey player hall pass on back-to-back offseasons of uncertainty.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
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“Hall pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hall%20pass. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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