pass oververb

• 1

  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.

  • Could you pass the condiments over, please?
  • We are now passing over the Gulf of Bothnia.
• 2

  To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.

  • I can't believe they passed you over for promotion.
  • Difficult not to feel a little bit Disappointed and passed over When I look right through To see you naked but oblivious And you don't see me
• 3

  To bypass (something); to skip (something).

  • Let's pass over that topic for now.
• 4

  To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).

  • Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over.
  • It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
• 5

  To overlook; not to note or resent.

  • to pass over an affront
• 6

  To die and thus progress to the afterlife.

  • "But why should I be in another room?" "You passed over in the night." "Passed over? Do you mean I died?" "Yes, lady, you died." There was a long silence.
  • Death does not change him, and when such a one passes over, he lingers to impress his vileness still further upon weak humanity.