- from one side of something to the other
- She smiled at me as she walked past.
- I called out to him as he ran past.
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- used to describe time passing synonym by
- A week went past and nothing had changed.
- The next two hours seem to whizz past.
see also fly-past, march-past
Word OriginMiddle English: variant of passed, past participle of pass.
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