pass judgment

pass judgment (third-person singular simple present passes judgment, present participle passing judgment, simple past and past participle passed judgment)

1. To judge; to form an opinion about the worth of. [with on ‘someone/something’]

• sit in judgment

• “pass judgment on”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “pass judgment”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “pass judgment on someone something”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “pass judgment on somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.