make a pass—
1. gain upon and pass the vehicle in front of one:
- The reigning World Champion (Button) just couldn’t get close enough to the Japanese driver to make a pass.
2. (also: make passes) attempt to attract the romantic interest of a person:
- He had almost completely hidden from me the feelings which seemed to have driven him to make a pass at me.
make the pass — = make a pass 1:
- An impatient driver decided that he had to pass the cars ahead of him. He veered into our lane to make the pass…