PASSES UP Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

passes up

verb

Definition of passes up next

present tense third-person singular of pass up

as in refuses

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 passes up And because Amazon never passes up an opportunity to throw a good sale, members just got extra lucky. —

Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026 McVay passes up the field goal and Stanford throws incomplete again. —

Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026

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At least, that’s what some people are saying, in a photographic meme that’s been spreading around the internet for years and refuses to die.

— Big Think, Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
Nothing is quite as annoying as a brand that refuses to adjust its fits to curvy bodies—but that’s not an issue here.

— Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026