opportunity+to+pass
21pass up — PHRASAL VERB If you pass up a chance or an opportunity, you do not take advantage of it. [V P n (not pron)] The official urged the government not to pass up the opportunity that has now presented itself... [V n P] I can t pass this up. She waved… …
22pass something up — TURN DOWN, reject, refuse, decline, give up, forgo, let pass, miss (out on); informal give something a miss. → pass * * * refrain from taking up an opportunity he passed up a career in pro baseball * * * ˌpass sthˈup derived (informal) to choose… …
23pass — pass1 [ pæs ] verb *** ▸ 1 go past something ▸ 2 move somewhere ▸ 3 be successful on test ▸ 4 give/let someone have something ▸ 5 spend time or be spent ▸ 6 kick/hit/throw ball to someone ▸ 7 make law, etc. official ▸ 8 be unable to answer ▸ 9… …
24Pass (ice hockey) — In ice hockey, a pass is the movement of the puck from one player to another, usually by a motion of the stick. A pass differs from a shot, in that a pass is typically weaker than a shot and is not directed at the opponent s net with the… …
25pass — ▪ I. pass pass 1 [pɑːs ǁ pæs] verb 1. [transitive] if an official group passes a law, proposal etc, or it passes that group, it is accepted by them, especially by voting: • Shareholders of Fibreboard Corp. narrowly passed a measure doubling the… …
26pass — [c]/pas / (say pahs) verb (passed or, Rare, past, passing) –verb (t) 1. to go by or move past (something). 2. to go by without acting upon or noticing; leave unmentioned. 3. to omit payment of (a dividend, etc.). 4. to go or get through (a… …
27pass by — verb move past (Freq. 6) A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window He passed his professor in the hall One line of soldiers surpassed the other • Syn: ↑travel by, ↑surpass, ↑go past, ↑go …
28pass up — not take an opportunity, not do it when you can Do not pass up this opportunity to go back to school …
29pass sth up — UK US pass sth up Phrasal Verb with pass({{}}/pɑːs/ US /pæs/ verb ► to fail to take advantage of something: »He couldn t see passing up a 40% raise. pass up a chance/opportunity »On occasion, the company is so busy that it has passed up the… …
30pass up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pass up : present tense I/you/we/they pass up he/she/it passes up present participle passing up past tense passed up past participle passed up informal pass up something to not take advantage of an opportunity …
