Drop
Pass up
Pass up verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Its sister phrase, "Yes, sir," is code for, "I think you're an idiot, but I'm following your orders because I have to." Workaholic: Both Lynley and Havers, who can't pass up so much as a sniff of a mystery, to the point where they will quite literally drop anything and everything else to solve one.
Source: Series / Inspector Lynley
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