pass the bar

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Verb

pass the bar (third-person singular simple present passes the bar, present participle passing the bar, simple past and past participle passed the bar)

  1. (law) To be formally referred for trial from a lower court to a higher one.
    This matter has passed the bar.
  2. (law) To achieve a successful outcome on the bar examination: to pass the test (make the grade) to become a licensed lawyer.
    My cousin just passed the bar.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass,‎ the,‎ bar.
    His truck can pass anything but a gas station, and he can barely pass the bar on his way to report to his probation officer.