Phrase guide

pass over

verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Could you pass the condiments over, please?
  • We are now passing over the Gulf of Bothnia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I can't believe they passed you over for promotion.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To bypass (something); to skip (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Let's pass over that topic for now.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To overlook; not to note or resent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • to pass over an affront

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To die and thus progress to the afterlife.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

bypass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jump, skip, skip over

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap

8

verb

Meaning 8

rub with a circular motion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wipe the blackboard
  • He passed his hands over the soft cloth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wipe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rub

Narrower terms: sponge, squeegee, sweep, broom, towel, whisk, whisk off

9

verb

Meaning 9

fly over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The plane passed over Damascus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overfly

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

10

verb

Meaning 10

travel across or pass over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: traverse, track, cover, cross, get over, get across, cut through, cut across

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pass, go through, go across

Narrower terms: tramp, stride, walk, crisscross, ford, bridge, jaywalk, drive, take, course, hop

11

verb

Meaning 11

make a passage or journey from one place to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;
  • Some travelers pass through the desert

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transit, pass through, move through, pass across

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pass, go through, go across

Narrower terms: cut

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Etymology

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