pass n.
In phrases
to reject, to ignore; to allow evasion.
(con. 1969) Dispatches 46: So he gives the John Wayne information a pass and he and half his command get wiped out. | ||
In La-La Land We Trust (1999) 101: You mean like getting the cops to give me a pass? | ||
Black Mass 39: [T]he state police had believed that Connor was guilty of the murders but had given him a pass anyway . |
1. to attempt to harm or attack.
DN III:v 348: make a pass at, v. To attempt, attempt to strike. | ‘Word-List From East Alabama’ in||
‘Moon Mullins’ [comic strip] You low little *!?*!!! You will make a pass at me will you? You — —. | ||
We Who Are About to Die 187: ‘Why, you lyin’ so-an’-so,’ he says [...] An’ he makes a pass at me. | ||
Amboy Dukes 57: If you make a pass at me I’m going to slug you. | ||
Digger’s Game (1981) 20: You never made a pass at me. |
2. to approach with amorous intentions.
Poetical Works 109: A little, finical, foppish blade / At her heart was pushing and making passes. | ‘The Indifferent Lovers’s Wedding’||
‘You Were Perfectly Fine’ in Parker (1943) 183: Was I making a pass at Elinor? | ||
Runyon on Broadway (1954) 483: Finally he makes a pass at one of the nurses. | ‘Lonely Heart’ in||
Cry Tough! 139: Do I make passes at you? | ||
World of Paul Slickey Act II: And before I make a pass / I’ll tell her that the sun shines out of her face. | ||
Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 64: This actor made a terrific pass at me. | ||
Animal Factory 124: Every assistant has been young and smooth, but he never makes a pass. | ||
Limericks Down Under 68: A lecher in old Dirranbandi / Made a pass at any girl handy. | ||
Rhyme Stew (1990) 13: These females from the upper-classes / Spend their lives in making passes. | ||
Reach 2: I sensed that Anthony would get on with my father [...] until, that is, apoplectic on pink gin, he made a pass at me. |
3. to approach, to go near.
N.Y. Mosaic (1999) 4: He was making a pass at her hand. | Do I Wake or Sleep in||
in Erotic Muse (1992) 206: He laid her down upon the grass, / Lifted her dress above her ass; / He grabbed his prick and made a pass / At the fuck-hole of Kathusalem. | ||
Serial 104: Watch your wine [...] he’s just made a pass at it. |
see pass v. (1)