PASS UP Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

pass up

verb

Definition of pass up next

as in to refuse

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event

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Recent Examples of pass up Lauren, a first-grade teacher, knew the moment was just too special to pass up. —

Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026 This is the first time that a moon crew has colleagues in space at the same time, and NASA won’t pass up the opportunity for a cosmic chitchat. —

Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026 Seriously, neighbors, friends, the FedEx delivery person—there's no one who can pass up a glass of tea on a shady pergola. —

Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026 For one, the space agency doesn’t want to pass up a chance to get this rocket off the ground, according to Lori Glaze, NASA’s acting associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. —

Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pass up

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Football has traditionally been a conduit for protests in Iran, with the national team refusing to sing the anthem on several occasions over recent decades, including during the 2009 Green Movement and after the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the morality police in 2022.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
However, the Portage Township Schools have refused to recognize autism as an educational eligibility category and have denied the boy autism-specific services, sensory accommodations and the proper behavioral interventions, the suit says.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026