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What does pass up mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pass,‎ up.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
  3. (Singapore, transitive) To submit (hand in) items to a person, usually one's teacher.
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Lincoln was not about to pass up the lifetime opportunity this dramaturgic delay facilitated.
Don't pass up the porchetta, presented as a thick slab over a rich pork glace and topped with preserved apples.
As their campus minister, I had urged them not to pass up an opportunity to reach out to the poor and oppressed.
Many investors would not pass up the opportunity to buy common stock in these companies, so why do so many avoid these companies' bonds?
For whatever reason it seems very easy for many Canadians to pass up the opportunity to wear the maple leaf.
They have instead opted to pass up on a big pay day on the basis that discretion is the better part of valour.

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