pass over
verb
- ignore, leave behind
Wiktionary
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
“Could you pass the condiments over, please?”
“We are now passing over the Gulf of Bothnia.”
- To bypass or disregard in favour of someone or something else.
“I can't believe they passed you over for promotion.”
“Difficult not to feel a little bit Disappointed and passed over When I look right through To see you naked but oblivious And you don't see me”
- To bypass (something); to skip (something).
“Let's pass over that topic for now.”
- To make a transit of; to pass through or across (something).
“Before the train passed over any of the level crossings on the branch, it came to a stand, and the guard went forward and hand-signalled it over.”
“It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.”
- To overlook; not to note or resent.
“to pass over an affront”
- To die and thus progress to the afterlife.
“"But why should I be in another room?" "You passed over in the night." "Passed over? Do you mean I died?" "Yes, lady, you died." There was a long silence.”
“Death does not change him, and when such a one passes over, he lingers to impress his vileness still further upon weak humanity.”