get past

1. To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.

2. To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.

3. (figuratively)To pass by unnoticed by someone who would have the power to halt or correct it.

   He was an intelligent mathematician, and very few mistakes got past him in his works.

4. (broadly, figuratively)To get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.

5. (broadly, figuratively)To cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.

1. Excuse me, could I get past?

   Перепрошую, можна мені пройти? — deniko

   ruИзвините, можно я пройду? — Xitsa

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2. Tom couldn't get past the guard.

   Том не зміг пройти повз охорону. — deniko

   deTom kam nicht am Wächter vorbei. — Luiaard

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3. How did you get past security?

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4. Nothing gets past you, does it?

   deDir entgeht aber auch nichts. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. How did Tom get past the guards?

   ruКак Том прошёл мимо охраны? — odexed

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