Pass
Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Reject
Reject verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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- Steel also gets a pass, but part of that is because he was made as a Superman substitute and specifically tailored to reject the Anti-Hero Substitute trope.
Source: Grandfather Clause -
Come Season 6, Sookie was in a rough spot and made a pass at Sam, only for him to reject her due to his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend.
Source: Unrequited Love Switcheroo - The main question being how Standards and Practices could neutrally pass the Tebow ad but reject the gay ads.
Source: Super Bowl Special
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