Examples of pass up in a Sentence
I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event.
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And for me, the opportunity to work with coach Harbaugh was too good to pass up.
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Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
But Barnett couldn’t pass up the Utah project.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
That translates to making enough to pass up Angel Studios’ doc After Death, which launched to exactly $5 million from 2,645 theaters in 2023, according to Comscore.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
McVay passes up the field goal and Stanford throws incomplete again.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
But Barnett couldn’t pass up the Utah project.
—Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
That translates to making enough to pass up Angel Studios’ doc After Death, which launched to exactly $5 million from 2,645 theaters in 2023, according to Comscore.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
McVay passes up the field goal and Stanford throws incomplete again.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Pass up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20up. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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