pass sb by
— phrasal verb with pass uk/pɑːs/us/pæs/verb
If an event or opportunity passes you by, you do not notice it, or get any pleasure or advantage from it:
Do you ever feel that life is passing you by?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Opportunity
- a free ride idiom
- another/a second bite at/of the cherry idiom
- best bet idiom
- bite
- break
- chance
- half
- it's now or never idiom
- look in
- make hay while the sun shines idiom
- manqué
- miss
- op
- pass
- the run of sth idiom
- the world is sb's oyster idiom
- there are plenty more fish in the sea idiom
- toehold
- too good to miss idiom
- window
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