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Definition of "repass" [re•pass]

  • To pass (something) again. (verb-transitive)
  • To cause to pass again in the opposite direction. (verb-transitive)
  • To pass again; go by again. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "repass" in a sentence
  • "Another example most of the white staff members at my school didn't understand: The school secretary mentioned that there would be a "repass" on Friday and she'd be collecting money."
  • "As the White House scrambles to try to find 216 votes in the House to repass health care, it continues to have a serious problem with elements of the rejectionist left:"
  • "I use speed control and if some loses compression after he passes me, I will repass him and move into the right lane ahead of him."