INDEX:
1. to go past a place, person, or thing
RELATED WORDS
to pass an exam or test : ↑ TEST
when time passes : ↑ TIME
see also
↑ GO
↑ DRIVE
↑ WALK
↑ RUN
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1. to go past a place, person, or thing
▷ past /pɑːstǁpæst/ [adverb/preposition]
if you go past someone or something, you go beside and then beyond them :
walk/go/drive etc past (somebody/something)
▪ He walked straight past her without looking at her.
▪ Will you be going past the library on your way home?
▪ Drivers sped past, heading for Oxford.
▷ by /baɪ/ [adverb]
past a person :
go/walk/float etc by
▪ I lay on the grass and watched the clouds floating by.
▪ One woman reported seeing a man go by on a motorcycle.
▷ pass /pɑːsǁpæs/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to go past a place or person :
▪ I’ll get you some aspirin - I pass the drugstore on the way to work.
▪ They kept quiet until the soldiers had passed.
▪ A big Cadillac passed us as we walked up the hill.
passing [adjective only before noun]
going past :
▪ They could hardly hear themselves talk above the noise from the passing traffic
▪ He hailed a passing taxi.
▷ overtake /ˌəʊvəʳˈteɪk/ [intransitive/transitive verb] British
to pass a moving vehicle or person because you want to get in front of them :
▪ Before you start to overtake, make sure the road is clear ahead of you.
▪ On the way, we overtook a battered old Renault.