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passes by
| Main Entry: |
pass by
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | neglect, forget |
| Synonyms: | abandon, disregard, fail, ignore, leave, miss, not choose, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over |
| Antonyms: | attend, heed, take care of |
| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore |
| Synonyms: | bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, slight, turn a blind eye |
| Antonyms: | attend, be aware, pay attention |
| Main Entry: | boycott |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ban; refrain from using |
| Synonyms: | avoid, bar, blackball, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, hold aloof from, ice out, ostracize, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out, snub, spurn, strike, withhold patronage |
| Notes: | a boycott is an organized popular protest, while an embargo is usually imposed by a government |
| Antonyms: | buy, encourage, support, use |
| Main Entry: | elapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by; slip away |
| Synonyms: | expire, flow, glide by, lapse, pass, pass away, pass by, roll by, roll on, run out, transpire, vanish |
| Main Entry: | exempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relieve, absolve |
| Synonyms: | clear, discharge, dispense, except, excuse, exonerate, free, go easy on, grant immunity, let off the hook, let off, liberate, pass by, privilege from, release, spare, wipe the slate, write off |
| Antonyms: | blame |
| Main Entry: | neglect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be indifferent, leave alone |
| Synonyms: | affront, brush aside, brush off, condemn, depreciate, despise, detest, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregard, have nothing to do with, ignore, keep at arm's length, keep one's distance, laugh off, let go, live with, make light of, not care for, overlook, pass by, pass over, pass up, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pretermit, rebuff, reject, scant, scorn, shrug off, slight, slur, spurn, tune out, underestimate |
| Antonyms: | cherish, concern, guard, nurture, protect, take care of, watch |
| Main Entry: | omit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclude, forget |
| Synonyms: | X-out, bar, blink at, bypass, cancel, cast aside, count out, cut, cut out, delete, discard, dismiss, disregard, drop, edit, eliminate, evade, except, fail, ignore, knock off, leave out, leave undone, let go, let slide, miss, miss out, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass by, pass over, preclude, prohibit, reject, repudiate, skip, slight, snip, trim, void, withhold |
| Antonyms: | add, enter, include, inject, insert, remember |
| Main Entry: | overlook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard, neglect |
| Synonyms: | discount, disdain, fail to notice, forget, ignore, leave out, leave undone, let fall between the cracks, let go, let slide, make light of, miss, omit, overpass, pass, pass by, pay no attention, slight, slip up |
| Notes: | overlook (verb) means to look past or fail to notice, while oversee (verb) means to watch and direct |
| Antonyms: | attend, heed, honor, look at, notice, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by, elapse; move onward |
| Synonyms: | befall, blow past, catch, come off, come to pass, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, fly by, get ahead, give, glide, glide by, go, go past, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, push on, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run by, run out, slip away, take place, transpire, travel, wend |
| Antonyms: | get, take, use |
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