Phrase Hound found 76 phrases and 13 compound words that contain passing. The most common are listed below. Open passing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 76
- passing throughpresent participle and gerund of pass through
- passing the barpresent participle and gerund of pass the bar
- passing the riverpresent participle and gerund of pass the river
- passing the timepresent participle and gerund of pass the time
- passing outpresent participle and gerund of pass out
- passing loopOn a single-track railway or tramway, an extra track provided at a certain place to allow two trains travelling in opposite directions to pass each other. It can also allow a faster train to overtake a slower one.
- passing awaypresent participle and gerund of pass away
- Message-passing
- passing the buckpresent participle and gerund of pass the buck
- passing the phonepresent participle and gerund of pass the phone
- buck-passingBlameshifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.
- passing noteA smaller note marking a tone introduced between two others, to effect a smooth passage from the one to the other, but forming no essential part of the harmony.
- passing the torchpresent participle and gerund of pass the torch
- passing placeA place on a single-track road or bridge, only wide enough for one vehicle, where two vehicles travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.
- passing of timeSynonym of passage of time: The elapsing of time.
- passing gradeThe grade required to pass an exam or other assessment
- passing bellA bell rung to announce a passing, a death, or funeral; death bell, death knell.
- passing shotA shot that passes the opponent because it is out of reach
- passing overpresent participle and gerund of pass over
- passing the hatpresent participle and gerund of pass the hat
- Korea PassingThe phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017.
- passing the mantlepresent participle and gerund of pass the mantle
- passing downpresent participle and gerund of pass down
- passing gameThe skill or ability to pass a ball in a game.
- passing gaspresent participle and gerund of pass gas
Compound words 13
- passingnessThe quality of passing.
- trespassingunauthorized entry to private property
- surpassingpresent participle and gerund of surpass
- accompassingpresent participle and gerund of accompass
- bandpassingThe filtering out of all but a specific range (band) of frequencies
- circumpassingpresent participle and gerund of circumpass
- footpassingpresent participle and gerund of footpass
- forpassingpresent participle and gerund of forpass
- forthpassingpresent participle and gerund of forthpass
- handpassingpresent participle and gerund of handpass