Synonyms for pass up
pass up

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1. refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, declineverb

   refuse to accept

   "He refused my offer of hospitality"

   Synonyms:
   freeze off, reject, rule out, go down, deny, resist, worsen, winnow out, lower, correct, decline, lour, spurn, pooh-pooh, wane, disapprove, disdain, scorn, defy, turn away, refuse, eliminate, slump, turn down

2. pass upverb

   fail to acknowledge

   "he passed me up in the street"

   Synonyms:
   turn down, reject, refuse, decline

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1. Lois McMaster Bujold:

   Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.

2. Thaddeus Pope:

   If physicians are too aggressive, families are going to fall in line, reuters Health’s emotionally hard for( families) to pass up what doctors say is a reasonable option. If they knew the real risks, benefits and alternatives, they may not pick the treatment they are receiving.

3. Eliecer Avila:

   The worst thing we can do is cry about what happened, we should take Raul and Obama at their word. There was never a better opportunity than now for us bring our peoples together, and this is an opportunity we should not pass up.

4. Tim Ryan:

   We all believe we need to ultimately bring our budget into balance, but these investments are too important right now to pass up and will yield significant returns for the US Treasury.

5. George Rash Adams play:

   It's kind of like buying a lottery [ ticket ], even if you don't want to put much money on it, there's a chance for 10, 20, 30x returns, which is just kind of hard to pass up.