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pass up like a white chip

pass up like a white chip verb: to reject or ignore; to treat as worthless.

Verb

pass up like a white chip (third-person singular simple present passes up like a white chip, present participle passing up like a white chip, simple past and past participle passed up like a white chip)

  1. (US, obsolete, transitive, simile) To reject or ignore; to treat as worthless.
    • As for Elmer, we didn't even kid him any more—just passed him up like a white chip.1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post

Forms of pass up like a white chip

third-person singular presentpasses up like a white chip
present participlepassing up like a white chip
past participlepassed up like a white chip
pastpassed up like a white chip

Origin of pass up like a white chip

In reference to white poker chips, which typically carried the lowest value. (Compare blue chip.)

Questions about pass up like a white chip

What does pass up like a white chip mean?
Pass up like a white chip means to reject or ignore; to treat as worthless.
What part of speech is pass up like a white chip?
Pass up like a white chip is a verb.
What is the past tense of pass up like a white chip?
The past tense of pass up like a white chip is passed up like a white chip.

Words near pass up like a white chip in the dictionary

  1. pass transistor
  2. pass transistors
  3. pass under the yoke
  4. pass unnoticed
  5. pass up
  6. pass up like a white chip
  7. pass urine
  8. pass water
  9. pass wind
  10. pass'd
  11. pass-agg

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