Definition of "pass over"

pass over

verb
third-person singular simple present passes over, present participle passing over, simple past and past participle passed over
1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass,‎ over.
2. (transitive with over as adverbial particle) To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
3. (intransitive with over as preposition) :
  1. To bypass (something); to skip (something).
  2. To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).
    Quotations
    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.
    1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess‎
  3. To overlook; not to note or resent.
4. (intransitive with over as adverbial particle, euphemistic) To die and thus progress to the afterlife.
  Quotations
  "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.
  1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
  Death does not change him, and when such a one passes over, he lingers to impress his vileness still further upon weak humanity.
  1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 276

Definition of "pass over"

pass over

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