pass judgment

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pass judgment (on someone or something)

to make a judgment about someone or something. I should not pass judgment on you, but I certainly could give you some good advice about how to be more pleasant. The judge passed judgment on the defendant, who was then taken away to prison.

See also: judgment, pass

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Stepan Arkadyevitch frowned at Grinevitch's words, giving him thereby to understand that it was improper to pass judgment prematurely, and made him no reply. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context She had grown to be a handy little creature, and tasks she was capable of doing at all she did like a flash, so that when she called her aunts at five o'clock to pass judgment, she had accomplished wonders. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context The world should not pass judgment upon the Negro, and especially the Negro youth, too quickly or too harshly. Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context			partition partition off partner partners in crime party party line party piece party to party's over pass pass along pass around pass as pass away pass back pass by pass by on the other side pass down pass for pass forward pass from pass gas pass in pass in review pass into pass judgment pass judgment on pass muster pass off pass off as pass on pass out pass over pass sentence on pass the buck pass the hat pass the hat around pass the smell test pass the time pass the time of day pass the torch pass through pass through mind pass to pass under pass up passing passport to past past caring past master			pass eye over pass eye over pass eye over pass eye over pass facilitation pass facilitation pass facilitation pass facilitation pass facilitation Pass Football League pass for pass for pass for pass for pass for pass forward pass from pass from one to another pass from point to point pass gas Pass Grade Only pass in pass in review pass in review Pass In Review Practice pass in the mind Pass interference pass into pass into Pass It Along pass judgment pass judgment on pass judgment upon Pass Law Pass Law Pass Law Pass laws Pass laws Pass laws Pass laws pass systems Pass Liaison Representative Pass line Pass line pass lips pass lips pass lips pass lips Pass Love Charity Foundation pass mark pass marks pass muster pass muster pass muster pass muster pass muster Pass My Shotgun PASS Network Control Center Pass of Dariel pass off pass off pass off

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