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Old January 29, 2009, 02:31 PM
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Voy a pasar por alto tu comportamiento rudo esta vez pero no más!

I will overlook your rude behavior this time but no more!

In my book, this is the only use for "pasar por alto".

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Old January 29, 2009, 09:22 PM
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I passed over New York City while flying to Italy. I couldn't see it because we were too high.
Pasé de alto la Ciudad de Nueva York mientras volaba (al volar) a Italia. No pude verla por la altitud.

No, I don't think this is grammatical. Would be pasamos muy por encima de Nueva York....
Examples with pasar de alto

Para ese trabajo de azafata piden ser de alta entre 1'70 y 1'85. Mi hija, con casi dos metros, se pasa de alta.

No puedes pasar con ese camion por el puente, se pasa de alto (de altura). Puente: 2'75, camion:3.25.

Think of pasar de alto as always supported by a pronoun:

Pasarse de alto (Yo me paso de alto para un coche tan pequeño)

Similarly with other adjectives:

Pasarse de listo (No te pases de listo)

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Old January 30, 2009, 12:58 PM
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No, you can't use pasé por encima in this case. Use lo pasé por alto (I spaced it).
Thank you, rusty.
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