pass up

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verb

1. refuse to accept (Freq. 1)
- He refused my offer of hospitality
• Syn:
refuse, reject, turn down, decline
• Ant:
accept (for: refuse)
• Derivationally related forms:
declination (for: decline), turndown (for: turn down), rejection (for: reject), refusal (for: refuse)
• Hyponyms:
dishonor, dishonour, bounce
• Verb Group:
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh,
disdain, turn down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
- They pass up the money
2. fail to acknowledge
- he passed me up in the street
• Hypernyms:
ignore
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody