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pass away

phrasal verb

Formspasses away, passing away, passed away

3 meanings of pass away

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  1. 1
    diephrasal verbeuphemisticidiomaticintransitive
    To die. People use these words to talk about a death in a kind, gentle way.

    My grandpa passed away last spring, and we still miss him.

    When did your old dog pass away?

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  2. 2
    come to an endphrasal verbarchaic
    To go away or stop existing.

    The old ways of the village have slowly passed away.

    And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
    1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, passed away means gone and ended, no longer existing.
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  3. 3
    spend timephrasal verbobsolete
    To spend time, or to waste it.

    We passed away the long afternoon playing cards.

    Lest she pass away the flower of her age.
    1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, pass away means to spend or waste time.
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