They passed him. vs They past him.

The correct phrase is "they passed him." The verb "pass" in the past tense is "passed," not "past." The incorrect phrase "they past him." is not a valid construction in English.

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Correct. The verb "pass" in the past tense is "passed."

"They passed him."

This phrase is used to indicate that someone or something moved beyond or ahead of another person or object.

Examples:

They passed him on the highway.
The train passed the station without stopping.
She passed the ball to her teammate.
The runner passed the finish line first.
The car passed the truck on the road.

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The army understood, and they passed him.
But he didn't because I passed him.
Well, he flipped me off before I finally passed him.
His technique was sloppy and he had no feel for flying... but I passed him.
We were walking to your house, and we passed him.
If we had continued for a few more laps, I am sure Ayrton would have passed him.
Haven't really done much with the place since they passed.
Its productivity, measured by this bar, shows the number of laws they passed.
You said they'd leave if they passed.
I heard they passed one million followers.
My parents were together for like forty years before they passed on.
I was always grounded, mostly for chasing the neighbor's chickens till they passed out.
Some elements of the Service passed him information.
But the game passed him by.
There's been times where, like, I didn't want to feel anything anymore and it seemed like a nice idea but all those times, they passed.
We ran repeated tests on our heat sensors, and they passed every one.
It cannot be long since they passed this way.
They were all drinking, they passed out.
And I... went real slow when they passed by.
The way Mr Bligh was chatting so cheerily to Sister Adams as they passed me.

Incorrect. The verb "pass" in the past tense is "passed," not "past."

"They past him."

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I threw the ball past him.
Lex said he felt something brush past him.
Then the girl would walk past him.
We can't track the gun past him.
That Conway, they don't put many past him.
Fighting off jihad is a cakewalk compared to getting anything past him.
Leshawn knows that we moved past him.
And you walked right past him.
Brandenburg is right there, ready to get past him.
So I try to brush past him.
God, no. Although I wouldn't put it past him.
It took everything I had to muster the courage just to walk past him.
I wouldn't put it past him.
I wouldn't put anything past him.
I wouldn't put it past him.
And I'm not saying the problem even goes past him.
In two months' time, the race route would bring the other sailors around Cape Horn and past him.
One day, I saw a wave of blue suits walking past him.
He's furious that we told Connor the truth, and with this job down east... I wouldn't put it past him.
But I wouldn't put it past him.

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They passed him. vs They past him.

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