Phrasal verbs with pass A large number of phrasal verbs use the word pass. The most common among them are given below. Pass away - to pass away is to die. •My grandmother passed away last week after a prolonged battle with cancer. Pass as / pass for - to pass for someone/something is to be accepted (often wrongly) as being a particular type of person of thing. The phrasal verb pass as also means the same. •She is nearly forty-five, but she could easily pass for thirty. (= She could easily be accepted as a thirty-year old woman.) Pass by - to pass by someone/something is to go past. •We passed by a super market. •As I passed by her window, I heard her speaking on the phone. •Somebody passed by the window, but I couldn’t see their face. If something passes you by, you fail to notice it. •‘Did you notice that weird expression on her face?’ ‘No, it completely passed me by.’ If something passes you by, you fail to take advantage of the opportunities it offers. •I have always felt that life is just passing me by. I wish I could do something more worthwhile. Pass on - to pass something on is to give someone something that someone else has given you. •Could you please pass this message on to Peter? •Could you please pass the salt? •When your kids outgrow their clothes, you could pass them on to someone else who might need them. Pass on can also mean ‘to transmit an infection’. •If your daughter is down with flu, don’t send her to school. Otherwise, she will pass on the virus to everyone in her class. •When the price of raw materials increases, manufacturers almost always pass the extra costs on to the consumer.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 03:15:36 +0000
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