have the pas of someone

have the pas of someone

English

Verb

have the pas of someone

1. (obsolete) To have precedence over someone.
   • 1758, 18 August, correspondence from Marlborough to William Pitt

     You may remember that […] major-generals Kilmanseg and Oberg were made lieutenant-generals, with their commissions ante-dated, lest they should be commanded by an Englishman, whom they had formerly had the pas of […]

   • 1968, Edward Eggleston, The Faith Doctor (page 37)

     But once the newcomer has settled her relative social standing and knows which of her fellows are to have the pas of her at the hayrick and the watering-place, and which she in turn may safely bully, all is peace in the pasture.