{To pass by}. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook. {To pass off}, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. ``Passed himself off as a bishop.'' --Macaulay. {To pass (something) on} or {upon (some one)}, to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. ``She passed the child on her husband for a boy.'' --Dryden. {To pass over}, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront.