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pass

How to sign: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully";

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See also: die out, die off, die out, die off, die back, die down, die down

Similiar / Same: die, decease, perish, pass away, expire, exit, go

Categories: change state, turn

Within this category: buy it, drown, fall, kick the bucket, predecease, starve, succumb, suffocate

pass

How to sign: come to pass
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important";

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Similiar / Same: happen, hap, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out

Within this category: anticipate, arise, befall, break, break, chance, come, come around, concur, develop, fall, fall, give, go off, happen, happen, intervene, operate, proceed, recur, supervene, synchronize, transpire, turn out

pass

How to sign: place into the hands or custody of
"hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers";

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hand out in ASL Watch how to sign hand out in American Sign Language
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See also: put across, hand out, hand down, hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, communicate, impart, relegate, give out, pass on, turn in, deliver, get in, pass on, distribute, pass on, submit, pass on, render, give, leave

Similiar / Same: hand, pass on, turn over, reach, give

Categories: transfer

Within this category: deal, entrust, entrust, give, hand over, release, slip

pass

How to sign: transmit information
"Please communicate this message to all employees";

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dialogue in ASL Watch how to sign dialogue in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: communicate, put across, pass on

Categories: communicate, convey, transmit

Within this category: acknowledge, carry, get across, message, message, plant, relay, render, request, reveal, send a message

pass

How to sign: go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now";

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Similiar / Same: make it

Categories: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win

Within this category: breeze through

pass

How to sign: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled";

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pass (American football) in ASL Watch how to sign pass (American football) in American Sign Language
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pass (hockey) in ASL Watch how to sign pass (hockey) in American Sign Language
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pass (soccer) in ASL Watch how to sign pass (soccer) in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: toss, flip

Categories: throw

Within this category: centering

pass

How to sign: grant authorization or clearance for
"Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography";

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Similiar / Same: authorize, authorise, clear

Categories: allow, countenance, let, permit

Within this category: approbate, approve, certificate, commission, declare, license, validate

pass

How to sign: pass by
"A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other";

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Similiar / Same: travel by, pass by, go past, go by, surpass

Categories: go, locomote, move, travel

Within this category: fly by, run by, skirt, zip by

pass

How to sign: pass by
"three years elapsed";

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Similiar / Same: elapse, slip by, glide by, go by, slide by, slip away, go along, lapse

Categories: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress

Within this category: fly

pass

How to sign: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls";

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Similiar / Same: base on balls, walk

Categories: accomplishment, achievement

pass

How to sign: go across or through
"We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind";

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See also: traverse, cut across, cut through, get over, cross, pass over, pass across, pass through, transit, skip over, skip, pass over, pass over, get across, track, cover, jump

Similiar / Same: go across, go through

Categories: go, locomote, move, travel

Within this category: break through, crash, cut, cycle, fumble, infiltrate, lock, make, muscle, negociate, run, squeak by, transgress, transit, transit, traverse

pass

How to sign: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time";

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Similiar / Same: legislate

Categories: enact, ordain

pass

How to sign: any authorization to pass or go somewhere
"the pass to visit had a strict time limit";

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Similiar / Same: passport

Categories: permission

Within this category: safe-conduct

pass

How to sign: travel past
"The sports car passed all the trucks";

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Similiar / Same: overhaul, overtake

Categories: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress

Within this category: clear, get by

pass

How to sign: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
"he had a bye in the first round";

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Similiar / Same: bye

Categories: conceding, concession, yielding

pass

How to sign: transfer to another; of rights or property
"Our house passed under his official control";

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