Choose
Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Pass up
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
Both terms in one sentence
- If you choose to pass up the Mirror Shard, you'll be rewarded after the dungeon with two Mirror Shards.
Source: Sweet and Sour Grapes -
Round 3 has an "Express" wedge, on which you can choose to call letters for $1,000 a pop without spinning again, or pass up to continue playing as normal.
Source: Loads and Loads of Rules - The Game Show The New Treasure Hunt featured 30 (later 66) "surprise packages" from which the contestant had to choose to determine the prize she would win (or pass up); they were all wrapped this way.
Source: Hollywood Giftwrap
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