How to Use pass up in a Sentence

pass up

verb
  • I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event.
  • Watch Mazar reflect on passing up the role in the video above.
    EW.com, 19 Apr. 2024
  • And, at 62 percent off, this deal is too good to pass up.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2023
  • But the chance to play at Alabama turned out to be too good to pass up.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But the chance to band together and play a game like this was too good to pass up.
    Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Comedy Central could not pass up the chance to give Wood a chance to join the fun.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Jayhawks passed up good shots for great ones and even hit open 3-pointers.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The chance to tell a story—big or small—through clothes simply felt too good to pass up.
    Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Not one to pass up on a good laugh, Sofía couldn't help but troll him about his looks from way back when.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2023
  • Getting passed up gives me an edge to go out and prove myself.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The option to build something of her own with Kashyap was too tempting to pass up.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But for a handful of refugees from eastern Ukraine, the promise of quick cash was too good to pass up.
    Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • At the current price, this is an investment not to pass up.
    Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
  • And both this Tom Ford foundation stick and Skims dress are half-off — that’s too good to pass up.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Don't waste any of your garden's bounty or pass up a sale at the market.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2023
  • Powell is not one to pass up a chance to talk to anyone, so, well, that sure happened.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
  • The rhythmic rising and falling of a Clouser is hard for any fish to pass up.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Your Super Bowl guests won't be able to pass up these easy skewers!
    Christopher Michel, Country Living, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The combination of lemon and cypress is too good to pass up.
    ELLE, 18 July 2023
  • From a cozy cashmere sweater to a reversible nylon tote, these deals are too good to pass up.
    Sarah Byron, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2023
  • This angle is too good to pass up, given that this system play comes with a win rate of 65.9%.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the show, now in its second season on Stan, manages to do just that — with pantsuits that are too good to pass up.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 28 July 2023
  • But the show, now in its second season on Starz, manages to do just that — with pantsuits that are too good to pass up.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 26 July 2023
  • But for politicians and businessmen in the region, the profits are too big to pass up.
    Li Yuan, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Still, the intrigue of coming back to the Philadelphia area was too good to pass up.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Nathan Mensah even passed up an open jump hook to pass to a teammate who wasn't looking.
    John Marshall, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Take it from a travel editor, these deals are too good to pass up.
    Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2023
  • An easy jersey midi dress in a fun ditzy floral print is hard to pass up.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2023
  • That $100 discount certainly makes this one hard to pass up.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024
  • From must-have tech gadgets to trendy fashion finds and home essentials, these deals are too good to pass up.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024

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