pass up

verb

passed up; passing up; passes up

transitive verb

: to let go by without accepting or taking advantage of

pass up a chance for promotion

also : decline, reject

Synonyms

• balk (at)
• decline
• deselect
• disapprove
• negative
• nix
• pass
• refuse
• reject
• reprobate
• repudiate
• spurn
• throw out
• throw over
• turn down

Examples of pass up in a Sentence

I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event.

Recent Examples on the Web

Folks staying at Disney World resort hotels will be allowed to sign up for Lightning Lane passes up to seven days ahead of time for their entire stay, up to 14 days. —Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024

The best player in franchise history twice passed up free agency to stay in Anaheim, where the home team last won a postseason game 15 years ago, the same year Trout was drafted. —Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024

Among other feats, the Pixar film has passed up Dune: Part Two to become the top-grossing film of 2024 at the domestic box office with $285.6 million in ticket sales through Friday, only its eighth day in release. —Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024

Miles McBride turned the ball over, and DeMar DeRozan recovered the ball and lobbed a pass up court to a streaking Alex Caruso, whose uncontested layup put the Bulls back up by 15. —Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above