- a slip of paper or other object authorizing a student to be out of the classroom during a class period: I hand out only four hall passes per term—two bathroom passes and two locker passes.
- permission from one’s spouse or partner to go out independently for any desired activity, sometimes even including sexual encounters with other partners: His wife and little person were going out, so he had a hall pass to come with us for a bite to eat.
- freedom or license to do something not normally allowed: Temperatures are starting to drop, but that doesn't mean we have a hall pass to halt our outdoor workouts.
