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
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.
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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
But inevitably, the money became too big to pass up, and some of the NFL old guard bought in.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Reinhardt told the American-Statesman on Friday that the offer to become an assistant coach for an NCAA Division II team in his native Michigan was too good to pass up.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
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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
But inevitably, the money became too big to pass up, and some of the NFL old guard bought in.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Reinhardt told the American-Statesman on Friday that the offer to become an assistant coach for an NCAA Division II team in his native Michigan was too good to pass up.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pass up
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Like Social Security and Medicare reform and the massive national debt, which is at $38 trillion and counting because Washington refuses to cut spending, despite record amounts of revenue flooding into the Treasury.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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She is known for her perfectly coiffed buns; my baby hairs, on the other hand, refuse to fall in line.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a Gary man’s bid last week to cut his sentence for attacking multiple women.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Like in the case of Adam Hart, who rejected a digital verdict in order to protect a patient’s lungs, the ultimate value of the nurse in the age of AI may be not their ability to follow the prompt but their willingness to override it.—
Hilke Schellmann,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
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Cassia County Sheriff Jarrod Thompson’s office declined to comment Thursday and directed the Statesman back to Larsen.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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Durant declined to address the allegation directly on Wednesday.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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As local Fox affiliate WPMT reports, Mervin Raudabaugh, who has farmed the surrounding land for more than 60 years, turned down more than $15 million from data center developers in a package deal that involved three neighboring property owners as well.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
19 Feb. 2026
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That might explain why 90% of denial appeals in Florida are turned down.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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Silk scarves have been thrown over the many lampshades, and a candle is burning low on a coffee table.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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The only way participants can be eliminated is if they’re thrown over the top rope and both of their feet hit the ground.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Pass up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20up. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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