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When an athlete declines to attempt a jump or throw when it is his turn.
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Playing the ball to a teammate by kicking or heading.
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of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
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A player may pass his/her turn by not exchanging tiles and not making a play on the board. The player scores zero and says "Pass!" and starts opponent's timer. It is now opponent's turn. Note that when there are 6 consecutive scores of zero in a game, the game is finished.
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enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
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A term for those who successfully assume a gender role and gender expression different than the one to which they were born or assigned at birth; also may refer to closeted gay, lesbian, or bisexual people passing as straight (please note that in some cultures, passing refers to successfully assuming a different racial/ethnic or cultural identity)
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(to pass) - To be able to successfully assume the gender role opposite of physical sex when interacting with society.
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The opposite of "Being Read". A term often used to describe your 'natural' ability to be accepted by most people as your preferred gender.
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Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
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euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
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success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
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to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"
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The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.
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Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
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going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"
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