To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook.
To pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. ``Passed
himself off as a bishop.'' --Macaulay.
To pass (something) on or upon (some one), to put upon as
a trick or cheat; to palm off. ``She passed the child on
her husband for a boy.'' --Dryden.
To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to
pass over an affront.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |