pass up

verb

1. informal.
   to let go by; ignore

   I won't pass up this opportunity

2. to take no notice of (someone)

Idioms and Phrases

Let go by, reject, as in I can't believe Betty passed up the chocolate cake , or This opportunity is too good to pass up . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]

Related Words

• chide
• deny
• dismiss
• disregard
• fend off
• ignore
• oppose
• rebuke
• refuse
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• repudiate
• resist
• snub
• spurn
• turn down