When it comes to bidding in bridge, the scope of what you can use to express yourself is limited to basic bidding rules. 

We know bidding as the language of bridge, and one of the ways that a bridge player can express what they’re going to do in terms of the bid is to pass.

Pass. 

Why do we pass? 

It’s something that also gets said in quiz games; but when someone says it in the middle of a quiz or trivia game, it actually just means, “I’ve got no idea.” 

Pass is something you’ll see in other card games. In poker, you can pass. It’s not exactly the same as folding. It just says, “Not quite yet.” 

Blackjack players don’t get to pass, I think. You choose an option, or you don’t. Standing on the cards you have is, I guess, the closest. (Blackjack Pass does show up as a place in San Antonio, Texas, though.) 

Chess players also don’t get to say pass. Not a chance. I looked this one up on the internet, and saying pass in chess is as good as flipping over the board (and flipping off your opponent before doing cartwheels to the outside of the tournament venue).

At any game you so choose, you could pass out, but this isn’t the same thing as passing. I’m not sure most rules cover what to do if a player suddenly faints. (Do you just freeze the position of the pieces and/or cards in time until such passed out player recovers hours, days or weeks later?) 

When it comes to bridge, passing is a standard part of bidding. Passing doesn’t mean that you don’t play your hand – passing has a strategic point, and it means, “I’ve said what I need to, now let’s play the cards.” Passing also has to be agreed on when the other players are done bidding their part.