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passing up like a white chip

passing up like a white chip is the present participle and gerund 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 passing up like a white chip

What is passing up like a white chip the present participle and gerund of?
Passing up like a white chip is the present participle and gerund of pass up like a white chip.

Words near passing up like a white chip in the dictionary

  1. passing tone
  2. passing tones
  3. passing under the yoke
  4. passing unnoticed
  5. passing up
  6. passing up like a white chip
  7. passing urine
  8. passing wind
  9. passing-bell
  10. passing-bells
  11. passingly

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