Phrasal Verb Fun

pass away, pass on, pass over
All of these are polite expressions meaning 'to die'. The soul passes
on
to
a new life. It passes
over
to the other side.
Away
means you never see them again
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
pass down
Things pass down through time. Most wall calendars go
down
from the
past to the present and further down to the future. Valuable things tend to
pass down through the generations.
Grandad passed down his watch to me. He left it to me in his will.
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.
pass for
Fran the Fan Dancer is 36, but in a low light she can pass for 16.

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Something that can pass through life
for
, in the sense of 'instead of',
something else.
These new forgeries are very good. They pass for good notes nearly
everywhere.
Separable two-word verb
Problem.
pass off
To pass something off, is to pass something false
off
your hands as if it
were real.
Fitz the Forger is wonderful. He makes beautiful copies of banknotes.
You can pass them off anywhere.
This means the same as
Fitz's notes can
pass for
genuine notes in any bank.
Separable two-word verb
Take care.
pass out
When you lose consciousness, when you faint, you pass
out
of the
everyday world. You pass out.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
pass up
To pass something
up
to Heaven is to renounce it. It is similar to
give up
,
but without the sense of sacrifice. You pass up an opportunity, or an
invitation to a dance, that you don't particularly care about
I often get invitations in the post to play lotteries of foreign countries. I
find it really easy to pass up these chances. The invitations go straight
into the bin.
Separable two-word verb
Careful.