pass over meaning

Question

some type of work are passed over for assignments

Answer 1

Pass over has some meanings:

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pass+over

Regarding your topic, I think its meaning is "to skip over"

Answer 2

pass sb⇔over [usually in passive]
if you pass someone over for a job, you choose someone else who is younger or lower in the organization than them
　This is the second time I've been passed over for promotion (=someone else has been given a higher job instead of me) .
pass over sth
if you pass over a remark or subject, you do not spend any time discussing it
　I want to pass over this quite quickly.
　I think we'd better pass over that last remark.

(From Webster)

چشم پوشيدن / نادیده گرفتن / غفلت کردن

 

Comments

مگه pass up نادیده گرفتن نمیشه؟ چرا در اینجا از pass up استفاده نکرده؟

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در وبستر برای pass up تعاریف زیر ارایه شده که بنظر بنده با نادیده گرفتن تفاوت داره :

pass up

verb

1.

refuse to accept

2.

fail to acknowledge