hall pass
hall pass noun: a permit to be out of class during school hours.
Noun
hall pass (plural hall passes)
- A permit to be out of class during school hours.
- To freely move around the school when you should be in class requires an official hall pass. Those are guarded like government-issued official travel documents. Most teachers don't just hand them out to anybody who asks.2018, Erica Catherman, Jonathan Catherman, The Girls' Guide to Conquering Middle School, Revell, →ISBN
- An agreement to temporarily or conditionally relax monogamy in a relationship.
- The story kicks in when a relationship guru (Joy Behar) suggests that the wives give their husbands a week off from marriage — a hall pass — which, after not much anguish, they do.2011 February 24, Manohla Dargis, “Man-Child in the Promised Land, for a Whole (Pant! Pant!) Week”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- So these wives give them a "hall pass": for one week only, they get a bachelor holiday from married life, no questions asked.2011 March 10, Peter Bradshaw, “Hall Pass – review”, in The Guardian
Forms of hall pass
| plural | hall passes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hallpass |
| alternative form | hall-pass |
Origin of hall pass
From hall + pass.
Questions about hall pass
- What does hall pass mean?
- Hall pass means a permit to be out of class during school hours.
- What part of speech is hall pass?
- Hall pass is a noun.
- What is the plural of hall pass?
- The plural of hall pass is hall passes.
Words near hall pass in the dictionary
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