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passes up like a white chip

passes up like a white chip is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 passes up like a white chip

What is passes up like a white chip the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Passes up like a white chip is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pass up like a white chip.

Words near passes up like a white chip in the dictionary

  1. passes through
  2. passes through the pikes
  3. passes under the yoke
  4. passes unnoticed
  5. passes up
  6. passes up like a white chip
  7. passes urine
  8. passes water
  9. passes wind
  10. passest
  11. passeth

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