pass over phrasal verb ( see also ↑ pass )
1 . pass somebody ↔ over [usually in passive] if you pass someone over for a job, you choose someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than them:
This is the second time I’ve been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me) .
2 . pass over something if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it:
I want to pass over this quite quickly.
I think we’d better pass over that last remark.