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Definition. Synonyms. Example Sentences. Word History. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. pass away. verb. passed away; passing away; passes away. Synonyms of pass away. intransitive verb. 1. : to go out of existence. 2. : die sense 1. Synonyms. check out. conk (out) croak [slang] decease. demise. depart. die. drop. end. exit. expire. fall.
pass away. in English. pass away. phrasal verb with pass verb uk / pɑːs / us / pæs /. Add to word list. B2. polite expression for die : She's terribly upset because her father passed away last week. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
You can say that someone passed away to mean that they died, if you want to avoid using the word 'die' because you think it might upset or offend people.
All these terms are euphemisms for dying, although the verb pass alone as well as pass away have been used in the sense of “pass out of existence, die” since the 1300s. The two variants—adding on [c. 1800] and over [c. 1900]—allude to moving to some other-worldly realm.
Definitions of pass away. verb. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, perish, pop off, snuff it.
She passed away peacefully in her sleep. (Definition of pass away from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of pass away
Definition of pass away phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
