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The word that lets you skip your turn, sneak backstage, and fail a test all at once.
means To move past something, hand it along, succeed at a test, decline a turn, or grant permission to enter — depending entirely on context.
from From Latin 'passus,' a step or pace (the same root that gives us 'pace' and 'passage'), which traveled through Old French 'passer,' to go by or cross over. The single idea of stepping past a point quietly branched into all its modern senses: passing a rival, passing a note, passing an exam, passing on dessert, and the backstage 'pass' that lets you step beyond the rope.
- latin root
- From passus, meaning step or pace
- mountain meaning
- A pass is the lowest route through peaks
- sports power
- Soccer's pass completion rate predicts winners
- polite refusal
- Saying pass declines without explanation needed
- chess origin
- Bridge popularized pass as a turn-skip bid
moonlight sonata — beethoven's piano sonata no. 14, completed 1801, most performed classical piece worldwide
suez canal — connects mediterranean to red sea, 12% of global maritime trade passes through daily
mountain pass — brenner pass between austria and italy, carries 2 million vehicles annually