Usually means: Decline or miss an opportunity.
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  1. pass up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pass up: Merriam-Webster
  3. pass up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pass up: Vocabulary.com
  5. pass up: Wiktionary
  6. pass up: Dictionary.com
  7. pass up: Rhymezone
  8. pass up: FreeDictionary.org
  9. pass up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. pass up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pass up: Legal dictionary

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  1. pass up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass up: Medical dictionary

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  1. pass up: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (pass up)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
verb:  (Singapore, Malaysia, transitive) To submit (hand in) items to a person, usually one's teacher.
verb:  (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, up.

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