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passed up like a white chip

passed up like a white chip is the simple past and past participle of pass up like a white chip.

Meaning of pass up like a white chip

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

Questions about passed up like a white chip

What is passed up like a white chip the simple past and past participle of?
Passed up like a white chip is the simple past and past participle of pass up like a white chip.

Words near passed up like a white chip in the dictionary

  1. passed through
  2. passed through the pikes
  3. passed under the yoke
  4. passed unnoticed
  5. passed up
  6. passed up like a white chip
  7. passed urine
  8. passed wind
  9. passedst
  10. passee
  11. passees

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