Pass
Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Slide
Slide verb - To move about in a sly or secret manner.
How words are described
| close | close pass | close slide |
| long | long pass | long slide |
| similar | similar pass | similar slide |
| normal | normal pass | normal slide |
| Other adjectives: short, correct, single, actual, entire, massive, huge, little, quick, steep, new, automatic, final, extra, next, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When things go wrong at the summit, they slide back down on improvised sleds, hurling stones at the rat as they pass.
Source: Series / Kaamelott -
On the way they pass in front of a "Toy Town", a fireworks testing range and a slide factory, all of which have other schools' buses parked outside.
Source: Class Trip -
X-Ray meant to pass through steel and concrete twice are unlikely to reflect of anything one may encounter in your normal surroundings (X-Ray machines are essentially slide projectors with human body acting as the slide).
Source: Artistic License Physics
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Slide and Pass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/slide
Pass & Slide. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/slide>.
Slide or Pass. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/slide.
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