| Library / English Dictionary |
PASS UP
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fail to acknowledge
Example:
he passed me up in the street
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "pass up" is one way to...):
ignore (fail to notice)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Refuse to accept
Example:
He refused my offer of hospitality
Synonyms:
decline; pass up; refuse; reject; turn down
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Verb group:
disdain; freeze off; pooh-pooh; reject; scorn; spurn; turn down (reject with contempt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass up"):
dishonor; dishonour (refuse to accept)
bounce (refuse to accept and send back)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They pass up the money
