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Antonyms for pass up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : pas, pahs |
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs |
- abet
- accept
- accomplish
- accumulate
- achieve
- acknowledge
- add
- admire
- admit
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assert
- assist
- attend
- attract
- be friendly
- be honest
- be willing
- believe
- build
- buy
- carry on
- cherish
- choose
- claim
- clarify
- clear up
- collect
- complete
- compliment
- concern
- confront
- consent
- construct
- continue
- correct
- create
- defend
- deny
- dirty
- disclose
- divulge
- do
- do well
- embrace
- encounter
- encourage
- endorse
- enlighten
- entice
- explain
- expose
- face
- fall behind
- fight
- fill
- find
- finish
- fix
- flatter
- gather
- get
- give
- go ahead
- go along
- grant
- guard
- heat
- heed
- help
- hoard
- hold
- hold on to
- hug
- include
- increase
- indulge
- invite
- jump in
- keep
- keep on
- lay bare
- let go
- let out
- like
- live
- look at
- lose
- love
- maintain
- meet
- note
- notice
- nurture
- offer
- OK
- open
- order
- organize
- pay attention
- permit
- praise
- protect
- push
- put in
- ratify
- receive
- recognize
- refuse
- regard
- release
- remain
- remember
- respect
- restore
- retain
- reveal
- sanction
- save
- show
- socialize
- starve
- stay
- succeed
- support
- take
- take care of
- take in
- take on
- tell
- tell truth
- trust
- uncover
- use
- veto
- want
- warm
- watch
- welcome
- win
Definition of pass up
Origin :- "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
- As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
- As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
- As in neglect : verb be indifferent, leave alone
- As in abstain : verb hold back from doing
- As in pass : verb decide not to do
- As in rebuff : verb turn away; give the cold shoulder
- As in refrain : verb do without; keep from doing
- As in refuse : verb deny; say no
- As in reject : verb say no to
- As in ban : verb officially forbid
- As in shun : verb avoid, ignore
- As in skip : verb avoid, miss
- As in snub : verb give someone the cold shoulder
- As in boycott : verb ban; refrain from using
- As in delete : verb erase, remove
- As in elude : verb avoid; escape
- As in evade : verb get away from
- As in forgo : verb give up, do without
- They pass up the church-aisle, and raise their eyes to the ceiling.
- Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Just a chance I couldn't afford to pass up, of digging into Peppajee.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- "If you will be so good," and he stood aside for Michael to pass up the stairs in front of him.
- Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
- I saw them pass up Moose Creek from a ledge on which I was lying.
- Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
- So I guess they decided to pass up the horses and only take some grub.
- Extract from : « The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast » by Victor Appleton
- “Pass up the new kids down there,” called one of the prefects.
- Extract from : « The Cock-House at Fellsgarth » by Talbot Baines Reed
- They pass up and down such a causeway by thousands, night and day.
- Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- So that to pass from node to node the impulse must pass up the pipe and down again.
- Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
- He said, "My people will pass up through this to the world above."
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest » by Katharine Berry Judson
- No boat could pass up and down the Connecticut River in safety.
- Extract from : « Famous Indian Chiefs » by Charles H. L. Johnston
Synonyms for pass up
- abandon
- abdicate
- abjure
- abnegate
- abstain
- act cool
- affront
- annul
- arrest
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- banish
- bar
- be beyond someone
- be careless
- be impoverished
- be late for
- be reduced
- be temperate
- beat around bush
- beat around the bush
- beat off
- become poorer
- beg off
- beg the question
- bereave
- bilk
- black out
- blackball
- blacklist
- bleep
- blot out
- blow
- blue-pencil
- blunder
- botch
- boycott
- brush aside
- brush off
- burn
- burr
- bypass
- cancel
- capitulate
- cashier
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- cavil
- cease
- cede
- censure
- check
- chide
- chill
- chuck
- circumvent
- clean
- clean up
- close down
- close up
- cold-shoulder
- conceal
- condemn
- confound
- confuse
- constrain
- consume
- cool
- cop out
- cross
- cross out
- curb
- curse
- cut
- cut dead
- cut off
- cut out
- deceive
- declare illegal
- decline
- decontaminate
- default
- demur
- deny
- deny oneself
- deplete
- depreciate
- desert
- desist
- despise
- destroy
- detest
- disaccord
- disallow
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- discard
- discount
- discourage
- discredit
- disdain
- disinherit
- dismiss
- dispense with
- displace
- dispossess
- disregard
- dissent
- dissipate
- ditch
- divest
- do without
- dodge
- double
- drain
- drop
- drop the ball
- duck
- edit
- efface
- eliminate
- elude
- embargo
- enjoin
- equivocate
- err
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- exclude
- exhaust
- expend
- expunge
- fail
- fail to keep
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- fast
- fence
- fence-sit
- fend off
- flee
- flub
- fly
- foil
- forbear
- forfeit
- forget
- forgo
- forsake
- frustrate
- fudge
- fumble
- get around
- get away from
- give a wide berth
- give in
- give the brush
- give the go by
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give thumbs down to
- give up
- give wide berth to
- go on the wagon
- halt
- have no part of
- have nothing to do with
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hide
- hide out
- hold aloof from
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- humble
- humiliate
- ice
- ice out
- ignore
- illegalize
- inhibit
- interdict
- interrupt
- jettison
- jilt
- juggle
- keep
- keep at a distance
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- keep away from
- keep clear of
- keep distance
- keep from
- keep one's distance
- kill
- lash out at
- laugh off
- lavish
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- leave alone
- leave off
- leave out
- let go
- let slip
- lie
- live with
- look coldly upon
- look right through
- lose
- make excuses
- make light of
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- miss out
- misspend
- mortify
- muff
- neglect
- nix
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care for
- not care to
- not do
- not give time of day
- not hear of
- not heed
- not touch
- obliterate
- offend
- omit
- oppose
- ostracize
- oust
- outlaw
- outrun
- outwit
- overlook
- overshoot
- pack in
- palm off
- parry
- pass
- pass by
- pass on
- pass over
- pass the buck
- pass up
- pay no attention to
- pay no mind
- play hooky
- pretend
- pretermit
- prevaricate
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- protest
- push back
- pussyfoot
- put down
- put in one's place
- put off
- put the chill on
- puzzle
- quit
- rebuff
- rebuke
- refrain
- refuse
- refuse to receive
- regret
- reject
- relinquish
- renounce
- repel
- reprobate
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- resign
- resist
- restrain
- restrict
- rob
- rub
- rub out
- rule out
- run around
- run away
- sacrifice
- sanitize
- scant
- scoff
- scold
- scorn
- scout
- scrap
- scratch
- second
- send away
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- shake
- shake off
- shame
- shed
- shift
- shirk
- shoot down
- shrug off
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shut out
- shy
- sidestep
- sit on one's hands
- sit on the fence
- sit out
- skim over
- skip
- slight
- slip
- slip out
- slough
- slur
- sneak away
- snip
- snob
- snub
- split
- spurn
- squander
- squash
- squelch
- stall
- stand aloof from
- starve
- stave off
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- sterilize
- stonewall
- stop
- strike
- strike out
- stump
- suffer
- suffer loss
- suppress
- surrender
- swank
- swear off
- take the cure
- take the oath
- take the pledge
- tell off
- tergiversate
- throw away
- throw out
- thwart
- trick
- trim
- trip
- trip up
- tune out
- turn away
- turn back on
- turn deaf ear to
- turn down
- turn from
- turn one's back on
- underestimate
- undershoot
- upstage
- use up
- veto
- waffle
- waive
- ward off
- waste
- weasel
- wipe out
- withdraw
- withhold
- withhold patronage
- X-out
- yield
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