let+go+or+pass
111let George do it — {v. phr.}, {informal} To expect someone else to do the work or take the responsibility. * /Many people expect to let George do it when they are on a committee./ Compare: PASS THE BUCK …
112let fly — Synonyms and related words: bowl, cast, catapult, charge, chuck, chunk, cock, dart, dash, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, fell, fire, fire off, fling, flip, fork, gun, gun for, heave, hit, hurl, hurtle, jerk, lance, launch, let off, load, lob,… …
113let\ George\ do\ it — v. phr. informal To expect someone else to do the work or take the responsibility. Many people expect to let George do it when they are on a committee. Compare: pass the buck …
114let a fart — [B] allow gas to escape, fart, pass wind If I let a fart in this tiny room, we won t be able to breathe …
115let this chance go by — allow an opportunity to pass, miss your chance, seize the opportunity This letter means that you are accepted for admission to Oxford. Don t let this chance go by …
116pass up — transitive verb Date: 1896 to let go by without accepting or taking advantage of < pass up a chance for promotion >; also decline, reject …
117pass the hat — verb To ask for money, especially from a group of people; to solicit donations or contributions. Then somebody sings out, Take up a collection for him, take up a collection! Well, a half a dozen made a jump to do it, but somebody sings out, Let… …
118pass\ by\ the\ board — • go by the board • pass by the board v. phr. To go away or disappear forever, be forgotten or not used. Tom had several chances to go to college, but he let them go by the board. Grandfather said he was too old to go to the beach. those days… …
119pass\ the\ buck — v. phr. informal To make another person decide something or accept a responsibility or give orders instead of doing it yourself; shift or escape responsibility or blame; put the duty or blame on someone else. Mrs. Brown complained to the man who… …
120pass over — many a great movie has been passed over by the Academy Syn: disregard, overlook, ignore, pay no attention to, let pass, gloss over, take no notice of, pay no heed to, turn a blind eye to …
