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1. (noun) pass, passing play, passing game, passing
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
Synonyms: go, passing, notch, departure, liberty chit, exit, strait, fling, walk, passing play, loss, crack, laissez passer, going, mountain pass, straits, bye, passing game, flip, passport, base on balls, expiration, toss, passage, release, pass, whirl, qualifying, head, offer, overtaking
Antonyms: flunk, failing, unsatisfactory, lasting, permanent, careful

2. (noun) passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
euphemistic expressions for death
Synonyms: sledding, firing, overtaking, liberation, passage, dismissal, expiry, divergence, release, freeing, spill, difference, sacking, personnel casualty, vent, passing game, breathing out, sack, tone ending, deviation, passing play, acquittance, red, departure, press release, outlet, expiration, waiver, button, exhalation, handout, pass, exit, leaving, qualifying, loss, dismission, way out, going, discharge, red ink, issue, going away, spillage, deprivation, termination, passing
Antonyms: failing, flunk, unsatisfactory, lasting, permanent, careful

3. (noun) passing, passage
the motion of one object relative to another
Synonyms: passing, qualifying, departure, transition, handing over, loss, passageway, enactment, going, release, exit, passing play, passing game, pass, musical passage, expiration, passage, transit, overtaking
Antonyms: failing, flunk, lasting, unsatisfactory, permanent, careful

4. (noun) passing
the end of something
Synonyms: exit, release, qualifying, going, overtaking, expiration, loss, passing play, passing game, pass, departure, passage
Antonyms: flunk, failing, unsatisfactory, permanent, careful, lasting

5. (noun) passage, passing
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
Synonyms: passing, qualifying, departure, transition, handing over, loss, passageway, enactment, going, release, exit, passing play, passing game, musical passage, expiration, passage, pass, transit, overtaking
Antonyms: flunk, failing, lasting, permanent, careful, unsatisfactory

6. (noun) passing, overtaking
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Synonyms: passing, exit, release, qualifying, going, overtaking, expiration, loss, passing play, passing game, pass, departure, passage
Antonyms: failing, flunk, careful, unsatisfactory, permanent, lasting

7. (adj) passing, pass, qualifying
success in satisfying a test or requirement
Synonyms: go, passing, qualifying, departure, head, liberty chit, modification, strait, fling, walk, loss, straits, mountain pass, limiting, laissez passer, going, release, flip, exit, bye, passing play, passing game, crack, passport, pass, expiration, toss, passage, whirl, base on balls, notch, offer, overtaking
Antonyms: failing, flunk, permanent, unsatisfactory, lasting, careful

8. (adj) ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious
lasting a very short time
Synonyms: passing, short-lived, passing(a), ephemeral, pass(a), transeunt, cursory, transitory, perfunctory, fugacious, casual, transient
Antonyms: flunk, failing, unsatisfactory, lasting, careful, permanent

9. (adj) passing(a), pass(a)
of advancing the ball by throwing it
Antonyms: failing, flunk, careful, permanent, lasting, unsatisfactory

10. (adj) passing(a)
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily
Antonyms: failing, flunk, lasting, unsatisfactory, careful, permanent

11. (adverb) casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Antonyms: failing, flunk, lasting, permanent, unsatisfactory, careful

12. (adverb) extremely, exceedingly, super, passing
to an extreme degree
Synonyms: highly, exceedingly, extremely, super, passing
Antonyms: flunk, failing, careful, lasting, unsatisfactory, permanent

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