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have the pas of someone

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To have precedence over someone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1758, 18 August, correspondence from Marlborough to William Pitt You may remember that [...] major-generals Kilmanseg and Oberg were made lieutenant-generals, with their commissions ante-dated, lest they should be commanded by an Englishman, whom they had formerly had the pas of [...]

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