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[part of the furniture]{n. phr.} In a job or position for so long that one is taken entirely for granted, like a part of the physical surroundings. •/He has been working in the same office for so many years now that people consider him to be a part of the furniture./

[part with]{v.} 1. To separate from; leave. •/He parted with us at the end of the trip./ Compare: PART COMPANY. 2. To let go. •/They were sorry to part with the old house./ •/He had to part with his secretary when she got married./ Compare: GIVE UP.

[party] See: HEN PARTY, LIFE OF THE PARTY, NECK-TIE PARTY, THROW A PARTY.

[party line]{n. phr.} Ideas, policies, and goals set forth by the leadership of a group or organization. •/Dan seldom has an original idea but he keeps faithfully repeating his company’s party line./

[party to]{adj. phr.} Concerned with; participating in. •/The prosecution has been trying to show that the defendant was party to a fraud./

[pass] See: BRING TO PASS, COME TO PASS, FORWARD PASS, JUMP PASS, SCREEN PASS.

[pass around]{v. phr.} To circulate from one to another; distribute something among a group of people. •/Why doesn’t he pass around the appetizers to the guests?/

[pass away]{v.} 1. To slip by; go by; pass. •/We had so much fun that the weekend passed away before we realized it./ •/Forty years had passed away since they had met./ 2. To cease to exist; end; disappear; vanish •/When automobiles became popular, the use of the horse and buggy passed away./ 3. To have your life stop; die. •/He passed away at eighty./ Syn.: PASS ON(3), PASS OUT(3).

[pass by] See: PASS OVER.

[pass by the board] See: GO BY THE BOARD.

[passed ball]{n.} A pitched baseball missed by the catcher when he should have been able to catch it. •/The batter singled and went to second on a passed ball./

[pass for]{v. phr.} To be taken for; be considered as. •/Charles speaks Arabic so fluently that he could easily pass for an Arab./

[passing] See: IN PASSING.

[pass muster]{v. phr.}, {informal} To pass a test or check-up; be good enough. •/After a practice period, Sam found that he was able to pass muster as a lathe operator./ •/His work was done carefully, so it always passed muster./ Compare: MEASURE UP.

[pass off]{v.} 1. To sell or give (something) by false claims; offer (something fake) as genuine. •/The dishonest builder passed off a poorly built house by pretending it was well constructed./ Syn.: FOB OFF, PALM OFF(2). To claim to be someone you are not; pretend to be someone else. •/He passed himself off as a doctor until someone checked his record./ 3. To go away gradually; disappear. •/Mrs. White’s morning headache had passed off by that night./ 4. To reach an end; run its course from beginning to end. •/The party passed off well./ Syn.: GO OFF.

[pass on]{v.} 1. To give an opinion about; judge; settle. •/The college passed on his application and found him acceptable./ •/The committee recommended three people for the job and the president passed on them./ 2. To give away (something that has been outgrown.) •/As he grew up, he passed on his clothes to his younger brother./ Compare: HAND DOWN. 3. To die. •/Mary was very sorry to hear that her first grade teacher had passed on./ Syn.: PASS AWAY(3), PASS OUT(3).