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Is "pass out" a phrase used in the US? A synonym would be "overtake".
Is "pass out" a phrase used in the US? A synonym would be "overtake".
No, not pass up.Are you perhaps thinking of "pass up"?
It may be a regional vernacular.
This person is from East Lyme, Connecticut.Take a ride in my Mustang at 100 MPH. Listen to the sound of the automatic transmission shifting into 5th gear at the third sign. I passed the car out at about 80 MPH then between there and the bridge kept it between 90 and 100.
I have passed him out on the road while driving that truck as Melissa, and I know that he has seen me.