Sentence:  We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We <WSD>passed</WSD> on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.