Examples of pass up in a Sentence
I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event.
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The combination of organic cotton and easy cleaning is hard to pass up!
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Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2025
Hobbs has an untold vendetta against the fat cats who run the company, and Quinn, the firm’s only female manager, is consistently getting passed up for promotions that go to inferior men.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Schwarber and Realmuto are both set to become free agents at the end of 2025 and really both could be options for the Blue Jays but Realmuto's leadership at a position that is hard to come by would be hard to pass up.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
All manners of gifts are passed up to them from the throng of people in front of their podiums.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
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Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2025
Hobbs has an untold vendetta against the fat cats who run the company, and Quinn, the firm’s only female manager, is consistently getting passed up for promotions that go to inferior men.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Schwarber and Realmuto are both set to become free agents at the end of 2025 and really both could be options for the Blue Jays but Realmuto's leadership at a position that is hard to come by would be hard to pass up.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
All manners of gifts are passed up to them from the throng of people in front of their podiums.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Pass up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20up. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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