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- his parents were willing to buy him a piano if he demonstrated that his interest in music was more than a passing fancy
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passing
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of passing (Entry 2 of 4)
- the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside
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adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of passing (Entry 3 of 4)
- a passing strange turn of events
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- achingly,
- almighty,
- archly,
- awful,
- awfully,
- badly,
- beastly,
- blisteringly,
- bone,
- colossally,
- corking,
- cracking,
- damn,
- damned,
- dang,
- deadly,
- desperately,
- eminently,
- enormously,
- especially,
- ever,
- exceedingly
- (also exceeding),
- extra,
- extremely,
- fabulously,
- fantastically,
- far,
- fiercely,
- filthy,
- frightfully,
- full,
- greatly,
- heavily,
- highly,
- hugely,
- immensely,
- incredibly,
- intensely,
- jolly,
- majorly,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- monstrous
- [chiefly dialect],
- mortally,
- most,
- much,
- particularly,
- rattling,
- real,
- really,
- right,
- roaring,
- roaringly,
- seriously,
- severely,
- so,
- sore,
- sorely,
- spanking,
- specially,
- stinking,
- such,
- super,
- supremely,
- surpassingly,
- terribly,
- that,
- thumping,
- too,
- unco,
- uncommonly,
- vastly,
- very,
- vitally,
- way,
- whacking,
- wicked,
- wildly
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of passing (Entry 4 of 4)
- could you please pass me the phone?
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- eventually, the storm passed
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- pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out
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- Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech
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- and the destruction of the town came to pass, just as the seer had predicted
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- befalling,
- being,
- betiding,
- chancing,
- coming,
- coming about,
- coming down,
- coming off,
- cooking,
- doing,
- going down
- [slang],
- going on,
- happening,
- happing,
- occurring,
- transpiring
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- a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press
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- he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute
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- we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass
- I'll pass on the coffee
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- the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass
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“Passing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passing. Accessed 21 May. 2022.
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