Adopt and Pass up

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Adopt verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).

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Pass up is an antonym for adopt.

Pass up verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

Usage example: I must pass up the offer to be chairman of this event

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Adopt is an antonym for pass up.

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Pass up and Adopt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adopt/pass_up

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