passe

• It was a piercingly cold night, the ground was covered with snow, and she picked her way carefully up the steps and then felt in her pocket for her passe-partout . —  The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope v. I
• They have decided that elections are passe, and will no longer be held. —  Ace of Spades HQ
• "Tout se passe comme par passe-passe [everything happens by mere sleight of hand] pour le philantrope du pop [for the philantropic man of pop (music)]" —  Three Imaginary Girls: Seattle's sparkly indie-pop press
• These expectations in the post-Beckett age may very well be passe, and these expectations are certainly not the only things that matter nor should they govern your creation of your work but that doesn't make them exist any less. —  Parabasis
• [French: in -, not (from Latin in -; see in-1) + passe, a passing (from Old French, from passer, to pass; see pass).] impasse - a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" —  Word of the Day

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