PASS UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Fail to acknowledge

Example:

he passed me up in the street

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "pass up" is one way to...):

ignore (fail to notice)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Refuse to accept

Example:

He refused my offer of hospitality

Synonyms:

decline; pass up; refuse; reject; turn down

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Verb group:

disdain; freeze off; pooh-pooh; reject; scorn; spurn; turn down (reject with contempt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass up"):

dishonor; dishonour (refuse to accept)

bounce (refuse to accept and send back)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sentence example:

They pass up the money