pass over
[verb]
Synonyms: disregard, ignore, overlook, take no notice of

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pass over phrasal verb (see also pass)

1. pass somebody ↔ over [usually in passive] if you pass someone over for a job, you choose someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than them:
This is the second time I’ve been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me).

2. pass over something if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it:
I want to pass over this quite quickly.
I think we’d better pass over that last remark.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pass over
pass over (someone/something)
to ignore someone or something.
Thirty attorneys were passed over for promotion by the department.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pass over something
pass over (someone/something)
to ignore someone or something.
Thirty attorneys were passed over for promotion by the department.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pass over
v. To give no attention to; not notice; ignore,
I can pass over the disorderliness of the troops, but their disobedience is serious.
In choosing men to be given a salary raise, the foreman passed Mr. Hart by.
She was unattractive, the kind of a girl that everybody would pass by.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pass over someone
pass over (someone/something)
to ignore someone or something.
Thirty attorneys were passed over for promotion by the department.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲