# pass away

Pronunciation: US say "pas uh-WAY" /ˌpæs əˈweɪ/; UK/AUS say "pahs uh-WAY" /ˌpɑːs əˈweɪ/

## Phrasal verb

1. To die; a gentle, polite way of speaking of a death.
   - Simple: To die. People use these words to talk about a death in a kind, gentle way.
   - _The company's founder passed away at 94, just weeks after his last visit to the factory._
   - _The nurse called to tell us that our neighbor had passed away during the night._

## Phrasal verb

2. To disappear or come to an end; to cease to exist. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To go away or stop existing.
   - _Empires rise and pass away, but the river keeps flowing._
   - _The fashions of that decade have long since passed away._
3. To spend something, especially time, or to waste it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To spend time, or to waste it.
   - _The prisoners passed away the empty hours carving small figures from bone._
   - _She feared she would pass away her youth waiting for him to come home._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pass-away (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).