pasar por alto — meaning in English

English meaning

• forgo verb To choose to go without something, even though you could have it.
• miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
• overlook verb To fail to notice something, or to miss it despite it being there.

Senses

pasar por alto is used for these senses in English:

• forgo To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
• forgo (literary) To refrain from, to abstain from.
• gloss over (transitive, idiomatic) To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.
• overlook To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.

miss — full definition

1. verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
2. verb To fail to be present for or arrive in time for something, such as a train, meeting, or deadline.
3. verb To feel sad about the absence of someone or something you wish you still had.
4. verb To fail to notice, understand, or take advantage of something.
5. noun A failure to hit, achieve, or succeed at something.

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