pass up

To choose not to accept or use something that is offered or available.

• Do not pass up this chance.
• She passed up a better job to stay near her family.
• Would you pass up a free holiday?

How to use it: pass something up (I could not pass the offer up.)

Similar words: turn down, decline, forgo

Opposites: accept

Common phrases: pass up something, pass up an opportunity, pass up a chance

To give something to someone who is above you.

• Please pass up the hammer.
• She passed the box up to me on the ladder.
• Can you pass a clean towel up here?

How to use it: pass something up to someone (Pass the bucket up to the worker on the ladder.)

Similar words: hand up

Opposites: hand down

Common phrases: pass up something, pass something up, pass up the tools

To give work or papers to a teacher, often by passing them along a row.

• Please pass up your homework.
• The students passed their tests up to the teacher.
• Have you passed up your assignment yet?

How to use it: pass something up to someone (Please pass your worksheets up to the teacher.)

Similar words: hand in, submit

Common phrases: pass up homework, pass up your papers, pass something up