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9a :  to become approved by a legislature or body empowered to sanction or reject the proposal passedb :  to undergo an inspection, test, or course of study successfully took the examination and passed

10a :  to serve as a medium of exchangeb :  to be accepted or regarded drivel that passes for literaturec :  to identify oneself or be identified as something one is not tried to pass as an adult Mom could pass as my sister

11a obsolete :  to make a pass (see ³pass 5) in fencingb :  to throw or hit a ball or puck to a teammate —often used with off took the ball and quickly passed off to a teammate

12a (1) :  to decline to bid, double, or redouble in a card game Her bridge partner passed. (2) :  to withdraw from the current poker potb :  to let something go by without accepting or taking advantage of it thanks for the offer, but I'll pass —often used with on passed on the cheesecake

1 :  to go beyond: such asa :  surpass, exceed passes all expectationsb :  to advance or develop beyondc :  to go past (one moving in the same direction) passed a slower moving car

2a :  to go by :  proceed or extend beyond pass the school on their way to workb (1) obsolete :  neglect, omit (2) :  to omit a regularly scheduled declaration and payment of (a dividend)

3a :  to go across, over, or through :  crossb :  to live through (something, such as an experience or peril) :  undergoc :  to go through (something, such as a test) successfully passed the final exams of his courses

4a :  to secure the approval of the bill passed the Senateb :  to cause or permit to win approval or legal or official sanction pass a lawc :  to give approval or a passing grade to pass the students

5a :  to let (time or a period of time) go by especially while involved in a leisure activity I'll read to pass the timeb :  to let go unnoticed :  overlook, disregard his commander quietly passed his likes or dislikes — George Meredith

6a :  pledge had passed his word that he would repay the debtb :  to transfer the right to or property in pass title to a house

7a :  to put in circulation pass bad checksb (1) :  to transfer or transmit from one to another pass the salt passing the savings on to customers (2) :  to relay or communicate (something, such as information) to anotherc :  to cause or enable to go :  transport waited till the soldiers and wounded were all passed over — Walt Whitmand :  to throw or hit (a ball or puck) especially to a teammate —often used with off passed the ball off to his teammate

8a :  to pronounce (something, such as a sentence or opinion) especially judicially passed sentence on the convicted manb :  utter passed a cutting remark

9a :  to cause or permit to go past or through a barrier passed the detectives to view the crime sceneb :  to move or cause to move in a particular manner or direction passed my hand over my face pass the rope through the loopc :  to cause to march or go by in order pass the troops in review

10 :  to emit or discharge from a bodily part and especially the bowels

11a :  to give a base on balls to passed two battersb :  to hit a ball past (an opponent) in a game (such as tennis)