verb go successfully through a test or a selection process.
— synonyms: make_it
verb be superior or better than some standard.
— synonyms: exceed, transcend, overstep, go_past, top
verb accept or judge as acceptable.
verb allow to go without comment or censure.
verb transfer to another.
verb pass into a specified state or condition.
— synonyms: sink, lapse
verb throw (a ball) to another player.
verb be inherited by.
— synonyms: fall, return, devolve
verb cause to pass.
— synonyms: make_pass
verb grant authorization or clearance for.
— synonyms: authorize, authorise, clear
verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
— synonyms: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass_away, expire, kick_the_bucket
verb eliminate from the body.
— synonyms: excrete, egest, eliminate
Examples
“the passes of the Mississippi”
“My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.”
“I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.”