pass up

Questions about pass up

What does pass up mean?

pass up means "refuse to accept". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pass up?

Close synonyms include refuse, reject, turn down, decline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pass up a common word?

pass up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.