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What does pass up mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pass,‎ up.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
  3. (Singapore, transitive) To submit (hand in) items to a person, usually one's teacher.
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Many investors would not pass up the opportunity to buy common stock in these companies, so why do so many avoid these companies' bonds?
They have instead opted to pass up on a big pay day on the basis that discretion is the better part of valour.
Don't pass up the porchetta, presented as a thick slab over a rich pork glace and topped with preserved apples.
Such a fight Warren would be crazy to pass up, and he is anything but crazy.
I also see hornbills pass up small-fruited figs that would draw doves and pigeons in by the hundreds.
She came back with a wonderful portfolio of photographs, I mean really gorgeous things, and it was just too good an opportunity to pass up.

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