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to ignore or not give attention to someone or something: The woman alleges that her employers passed her over for promotion because she was pregnant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Neglecting and ignoring. aside. beneath the/someone's radar idiom. block something out. brush someone/something off. bury/have your head in the sand idiom.
Definition of 'pass over' pass over. 1. phrasal verb [usually passive] If someone is passed over for a job or position, they do not get the job or position and someone younger or less experienced is chosen instead. She claimed she was repeatedly passed over for promotion. [be V -ed P + for]
Definitions of pass over. verb. travel across or pass over. synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, track, traverse. see more. verb. make a passage or journey from one place to another. synonyms: move through, pass across, pass through, transit. transit.
The Pentagon disregarded the order and sent two huge planes to pass over a group of tiny uninhabited islands south-west of Japan. From The Daily Beast Seafood “is seldom well cooked” and milk puddings are “the kind of thing that one would prefer to pass over in silence.”
phrasal verb. pass somebody over. to decide not to promote somebody in a job, especially when they deserve it or think that they deserve it. He was passed over in favour of a younger man. Want to learn more?
1. : to ignore in passing. 2. : to pay no attention to the claims of : disregard. Synonyms. Verb. bypass. disregard. forget. ignore. neglect. overlook. overpass. slight. slur (over)
Definition of pass over phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
