to move or proceed in a specified direction
The column of soldiers passed down the road
to go by or move past
She waved from the train window as it passed
to go across, over, or through
Allow no one to pass
said of time: to elapse
An hour had passed before we realized it
to go from one quality or state to another
Their mood passed from disbelief to anger
to complete its course and cease
The trouble passed very quickly
to go uncensured or unchallenged
I will let that remark pass
(often + to) to go from the control or possession of one person or group to that of another
The throne passed to the king's daughter
to take place as a mutual exchange or transaction
Angry words passed between them
to be successful in an examination or test
to become approved by a legislative or executive body
to be accepted or regarded as adequate or fitting
Will she pass in a crowd? — Jonathan Swift
(often + for) to resemble somebody or something closely enough to be mistaken for them
She would certainly pass for 18
to happen or occur
What passed at the interview?
in a team game, to send the ball to another player
to decline an offer or opportunity
to decline to bid, bet, or play in a card game
euphem (often + on/away/over) to die
to go across, over, or through (something)
to go past or by (something)
to go past (another vehicle) in the same direction
to surpass or exceed (something)
to advance or develop beyond (e.g. a particular stage)
to spend (time)
to transfer (something) from one person to another
Please pass the salt
to move or place (something)
Pass the rope around the tree
in a team game, to send (the ball) to another player
in tennis, to hit a ball past (an opponent)
to emit or discharge (a fluid) from the body
The patient was passing blood
to be successful in (an examination or test)
to judge (a candidate) to be successful in an examination
to accept or approve (somebody or something) after examination
to secure the approval of (e.g. a legislative body)
to cause or permit (a law or proposal) to win approval or legal or official sanction
to pronounce (e.g. a judgment or sentence)
to utter (e.g. a comment or a remark)
to omit a regularly scheduled declaration and payment of (a dividend)
as a relevant digression; parenthetically
to give or exchange friendly greetings