Pass up and Select

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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

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Select is an antonym for pass up.

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Pass up is an antonym for select.

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Select and Pass up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass_up/select

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