passing over
Ignoring and continuing
Passing over means skipping or omitting something, whether deliberately or by accident.
They kept passing over her for promotion despite her qualifications.
It can also refer to crossing above or traveling across: We watched the clouds passing over the mountains.
In Jewish tradition, Passover commemorates God passing over the homes of Israelites during the tenth plague of Egypt.
The phrase sometimes serves as a gentler way to describe death, as in his peaceful passing over.
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
- navigatingDirecting movement through space
- omittingFailing to include
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- transmigratingSoul passing between lives
neglecting · afterlife · bypassing · crossing · ignoring · death · angel of death · deliverance · transcending · other side · eliding · transition · moving on · bridging · changing · temporary · disregarding · letting slide
- being overlookedneglect, dismissal, unnoticed, oversight, disregard
- downplayingminimizing, downplay, trivializing, belittling, soft-pedal
- travel verbscrossing, walking, hiking, trekking, journeying
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
passing overselecting
Picking from options
choosing · promoting · picking · singling out · elevating
passing overnoticing
Becoming aware of
acknowledging · attending to · addressing · considering · examining
over, pass, passing, passage, overcome, passport, passed, overtake, overflow