pass over
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Definition
Verb: 1. To move or extend across something; to traverse or cross a space or area. 2. To ignore, omit, or disregard something or someone. 3. To fly over a place without landing. 4. To die (a euphemistic meaning).
Usage and Examples
- To traverse or cross:
- The highway passes over the river via a large bridge.
- He passed his hand over his face, feeling very tired.
- To ignore or omit:
- They passed over her for the promotion, choosing a less experienced candidate.
- Let's pass over the details for now and focus on the main point.
- To fly over:
- We could see the flock of geese passing over the lake.
- To die (euphemism):
- He passed over peacefully in his sleep last night.
Advanced Usage
- "To pass over in silence": To deliberately not mention or discuss something.
- The report passed over the major financial difficulties in silence.
Variants and Related Words
- Overpass (noun): A bridge that carries a road or railway over another.
- Passover (noun, proper): A Jewish festival commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. (Note: This is a distinct, capitalized term).
Synonyms
- Traverse/Cross: cross, travel over, go across, span.
- Ignore/Omit: skip, bypass, overlook, disregard.
- Fly over: overfly, fly across.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Pass by: To go past.
- She passed by the store without stopping.
- Pass through: To go through a place, often without staying long.
- We only passed through the city on our way to the coast.
Related Idioms
- Pass over to the other side: A euphemism for dying.
- After a long illness, she finally passed over to the other side.
Verb
- rub with a circular motion
- wipe the blackboard
- He passed his hands over the soft cloth
- fly over
- The plane passed over Damascus
- travel across or pass over
- The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
- make a passage or journey from one place to another
- The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
- Some travelers pass through the desert
- bypass
- He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible