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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation passage
- abbreviation passive
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Examples
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"We shall not run the risk of letting the title pass.
Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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The collection consists of but two objects, but these objects are so fine that I will let the word pass.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 Various 1885
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But she was too tired to fight herself to-night -- she let the word pass.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Humphry Ward 1885
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The collection consists of but two objects, but these objects are so fine that I will let the word pass.
A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879
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Several of us were packing into a drainage which required that we travel over a high mountain pass.
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Several of us were packing into a drainage which required that we travel over a high mountain pass.
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And then we made it back after stopping to take out the floorboards and fix the bus twice before the returning on the mountain pass.
Archive 2008-11-01 Jenni's life at the moment 2008
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Ricco turned on the speed on the second of two especially demanding ones — the 8. 2-mile Peyresourde pass followed by the slightly shorter Aspin pass.
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And then we made it back after stopping to take out the floorboards and fix the bus twice before the returning on the mountain pass.
Jenni's life at the moment Jenni's life at the moment 2008
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And I thought it was very funny when she said, so I have to give her a pass, an N word pass.
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