pass up like a white chip
English
Etymology
In reference to white poker chips, which typically carried the lowest value. (Compare blue chip.)
Verb
pass up like a white chip (third-person singular simple present passes up like a white chip, present participle passing up like a white chip, simple past and past participle passed up like a white chip)
- (transitive, obsolete, US, simile) To reject or ignore; to treat as worthless. [early 20th c.]
- 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:
- As for Elmer, we didn't even kid him any more—just passed him up like a white chip.