Examples of pass up in a Sentence
I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event.
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Fields is under contract for one more season, but the team could save $10 million if he’s designated as a post-June 1 cut next offseason, which could make the prospect of drafting a potential franchise QB on a rookie deal for the next four seasons too enticing to pass up.
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Wembanyama has been passing up many reasonable 3-point looks in the preseason and only taking wide-open ones.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Peeke’s pass up the middle from his own zone got knocked down in the neutral zone.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
People would initially go to Asian manicurists only if the deal was too good to pass up.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Wembanyama has been passing up many reasonable 3-point looks in the preseason and only taking wide-open ones.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Peeke’s pass up the middle from his own zone got knocked down in the neutral zone.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
People would initially go to Asian manicurists only if the deal was too good to pass up.
—Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pass up
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“Pass up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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