Give it a pass

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

"The problem with banking is people give it a pass on everything," she said by phone from California.

"You've thrown out that bread the last three times you've bought it, give it a pass" will be a text message of the future.

There are a total of 30 cheater squares, but I give it a pass because Mr. Buckley is using them to make an entirely different and valid point.

But the league lucked out, with the offside review fading into the background as the playoffs went on, so we'll give it a pass here.

This theme was such a cool idea, though, that I am willing to swallow the Tylenol and give it a pass), and the elements of Dark, Night and Cold into the Yin side of the grid.

But the presidential nominees appear unable to decide whether to give it a pass or not; with bankrolls and campaigning days rapidly dwindling, hard strategic decisions are getting harder, and confusion is rampant.

I'd give it a passing grade, but we still have a lot more work to do".

As to the other concerns, he said, the report "doesn't even give it a passing glance".

The end result might be deliberately faithful to the 1950s or just give it a passing nod: "A lot of my clients don't want to be wearing the 1950s 'look'," explains Proctor.

In fact, Brent Robinson, 43, a cardiologist from Texarkana, Tex., visiting with his family on a recent afternoon, didn't give it a passing glance — until a reporter pointed it out and told him who might be underground.

If a student presented him with a plan like this in one his classes at Harvard, Summers wrote, he would be "hard pressed to give it a passing grade".