Pass and Survive

Pass

Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.

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Survive and pass are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Survive" instead a verb "Pass".

Nearby Words: passage, passed, passing, passable

Survive verb - To come safely through.

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Pass and survive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pass" instead a verb "Survive".

Nearby Words: survival, surviving, survivor, survivorship

series	pass series	survive series
time	pass time	survive time
way	pass way	survive way
school	pass school	survive school
Other words: game, mission, times.

Only the Knowledgable May Pass: The Kaiel Death Rite, which the protagonists decide to apply to Oelita the Gentle Heretic, to test her fitness to marry them, requires knowledge of "the common wisdom" to pass/survive.

Source: Literature / Courtship Rite
Not a Zombie: With a few exceptions, the entire city is under this impression as few people who encounter them survive long enough to pass it on.

Source: Manga / I Am a Hero
So Weird had a variation that substituted trivia questions for riddles and instead of answering correctly to pass, the characters had to answer correctly to survive.

Source: Riddle Me This

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