16 English Phrasal Verbs With 'PASS'

Pass around

1. Give out to everybody there

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: The teacher PASSED the handout AROUND.

Pass as

1. Be believed to be something

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: Although not qualified, he managed to PASS AS a doctor for years.

Pass away

1. To Die

   
   

   (Intransitive | International English)

   
   

   » Example: Sadly, Georgia's uncle PASSED AWAY yesterday after a short illness.

Pass back

1. Return

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: I felt awful when the teacher started to PASS BACK the exam papers.

Pass by

1. Go past without stopping

   
   

   (Intransitive | International English)

   
   

   » Example: I was just PASSING BY when I saw the accident.

2. Visit briefly

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: I was PASSING BY her house the other day when I heard about it.

3. Miss an opportunity

   
   

   (Separable [obligatory] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: The chance for promotion PASSED me BY.

Pass down

1. Transmit information or give property to younger generations

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: The tales were PASSED DOWN for centuries without changing ay of the words.

Pass for

1. Be accepted as something, usually when not

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: You'd be surprised at what PASSES FOR good cooking in many restaurants.

Pass off

1. Convince something that something is real

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: I managed to PASS OFF the fake money in the market.

2. Happen in a certain way

   
   

   (Intransitive | British English)

   
   

   » Example: The demonstration PASSED OFF peacefully.

Pass on

1. Give a message to someone

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: I'll PASS the message ON when she gets here.

2. Decline an invitation or opportunity

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: I think I'll PASS ON dinner tonight- I'm not hungry.

3. Die

   
   

   (Intransitive | International English)

   
   

   » Example: Her husband PASSED ON last year.

Pass on to

1. Change topic or subject

   
   

   (Inseparable | British English)

   
   

   » Example: Let's PASS ON TO the next item on the agenda.

Pass out

1. Faint, lose consciousness

   
   

   (Intransitive | International English)

   
   

   » Example: He got so drunk that he PASSED OUT.

2. Distribute

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: The protesters PASSED OUT leaflets to the growing crowd.

Pass over

1. Ignore someone and give a job, reward, etc, to someone more junior

   
   

   (Separable [obligatory] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: They PASSED him OVER and made his assistant the new director.

2. Ignore, refuse to discuss

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: Let's PASS OVER what they said and get on.

Pass round

1. Distribute, give to people present

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: They PASSED ROUND copies of the handbook.

Pass through

1. Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: I didn't see much as I was only PASSING THROUGH the town.

Pass to

1. Give ownership or responsibility to someone

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: The shares PASSED TO his daughter when he died.

2. Become owner of or responsible for something

   
   

   (Inseparable | International English)

   
   

   » Example: The property will PASS TO her when they die.

Pass up

1. Decline a chance

   
   

   (Separable [optional] | International English)

   
   

   » Example: She PASSED UP the opportunity to go to university because she'd been offered a job.