Synonym: former, over, preceding, previous. Antonym: future. Similar words: pasta, pastor, in the past, toothpaste, pastoralism, pass, pass by, pass off. Meaning: [pæst /pɑːst]n. 1. the time that has elapsed 2. a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) 3. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past. adj. 1. earlier than the present time; no longer current 2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office 3. a verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time. adv. so as to pass a given point.
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31. Am I allowed to stay out past 10?
32. She grasped at his shirt as he ran past.
33. The chart shows our performance over the past year.
34. She's very cagey about her past life.
35. Every time a bus went past,(Sentence dictionary) the windows rattled.
36. The past and butter. In the future, not to.
37. Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
38. It is useless to muse upon past errors.
39. Our country has a glorious past.
40. He barged past me to get to the bar.
41. A cart full of milk - bottles rattled past.
42. All in all, just past. Ever had, only memories.
43. She thrust past him angrily and left.
44. I'd rather not dwell on the past.
45. We need a trick to get past the guards.
46. He didn't like the media probing into his past.
47. The heavy traffic was re-routed past my front door.
48. When they finally arrived it was well past midnight.
49. In the past the exam had been overemphasized.
50. This yogurt is past its sell - by date.
51. It was ten past six by the kitchen clock.
52. It was nineteen minutes past seven.
53. I didn't want to unpick the past.
54. These things happened in the past years.
55. She is very touchy about her past.
56. It's past 12 o'clock.It's time for lunch.
57. Go back to the past, can return.
58. don't let the past steal your present.
59. She tried to dissociate herself from her past.
60. I wouldn't want to dredge up the past.
31. Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks.
32. My college years seemed to rush past.
33. We will go on regardless of past failures.
34. We looked carefully at every car that drove past.
35. Before agreeing, he ran the idea past Johnson.
36. The car sped past, leaving us covered in mud.
37. The army Marched past the general.
38. In the past, many children died in infancy.
39. The army marched past the general.
40. Donations have decreased significantly over the past few years.
41. The levels of trade union and political activism in this country have greatly declined in the past fifteen years.
42. Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
43. More than 70 000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters in the past year.
44. Recall the misery of the past and contrast it with the happiness of today.
45. As the lorry went past, I got an eyeful of grit.
46. He romanticized the past as he became disillusioned with his present.
47. The report suggests that there has only been a marginal improvement in women's pay over the past few years.
48. The ball went past the batsman and hit the stumps.
49. Not until this turbulent region can shuffle off the burdens of the past will it be able to settle peacefully into the community of nations.
50. In the past central government had a monopoly on television broadcasting.
51. He dribbled past two defenders and scored a magnificent goal.
52. The patient has been in remission for the past six months.
53. Their album has occupied the Number One slot for the past six weeks.
54. They had to think of a trick to get past the guards.
55. The country's leader has expressed a wish to atone for his actions in the past.
56. He nudged the ball past the goalie and into the net.
57. I don't think that revealing your past to your boyfriend scared him off.
58. The country has been beset by economic woes for the past decade.
59. My mother-in-law has been staying with us this past week and she's driving me crazy.
60. It's just coming up to ten minutes past eleven now.