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Subject:RE: They must be tough over there From:"Elizabeth O'Shea" <elizabeth -dot- oshea -at- virtualaccess -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:42:26 +0100
>I believe "pass out" as a synonym for "graduate" is relatively common in UK
English, but restricted in usage to military
>officers graduating from academies such as Sandhurst. It may be that Indian
usage has developed from UK military usage.
AFAIK, here in the Republic of Ireland, only the police pass out!
elizabeth
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