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单词 passing up
释义

pass up

verb

passed up; passing up; passes up

transitive verb

: to let go by without accepting or taking advantage of
pass up a chance for promotion
also : decline, reject

Synonyms

  • balk (at)
  • decline
  • deselect
  • disapprove
  • negative
  • nix
  • pass
  • refuse
  • reject
  • reprobate
  • repudiate
  • spurn
  • throw out
  • throw over
  • turn down
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Example Sentences

I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event.

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

passing up

verb

present participle of pass up
as in refusing
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • refusing
  • rejecting
  • turning down
  • throwing over
  • declining
  • throwing out
  • balking (at)
  • turning one's back on
  • ignoring
  • passing
  • blowing off
  • denying
  • avoiding
  • shooting down
  • spurning
  • deselecting
  • vetoing
  • disapproving
  • dismissing
  • denying
  • withdrawing
  • disputing
  • taking back
  • reprobating
  • forbidding
  • repudiating
  • negativing
  • nixing
  • backing off
  • disputing
  • backing down
  • abstaining (from)
  • refraining (from)
  • scouting
  • prohibiting
  • overruling
  • unsaying
  • disdaining
  • rebuffing
  • disagreeing (with)
  • proscribing
  • scorning
  • retracting
  • renouncing
  • sticking
  • forbearing
  • revoking
  • contradicting
  • disclaiming
  • recalling
  • refuting
  • disavowing
  • gainsaying
  • disproving
  • controverting
  • bypassing
  • recanting
  • forswearing
  • rebutting
  • abjuring
  • negating
  • disowning
  • detouring
  • backtracking
  • disallowing
  • reneging
  • foreswearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • agreeing (to)
  • accepting
  • approving
  • receiving
  • swallowing
  • adopting
  • taking
  • tolerating
  • welcoming
  • embracing
  • agreeing
  • selecting
  • choosing
  • condoning
  • consenting
  • assenting
  • supporting
  • acceding
  • countenancing
  • acquiescing
  • espousing
  • handpicking
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