PASS AWAY


Meaning of PASS AWAY in English

verb

Etymology: Middle English passen away, from passen to pass + away

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to go out of existence : come to an end : perish , vanish

when those conditions have passed away and history returns to normal — W.P.Webb

b. : die

died of a broken heart soon after his mother passed away — David Fairchild

2. archaic : depart

saw the damsel pass away — Edmund Spenser

3. : to slip by : elapse

the evening passed away very fairly — Henry Lapham

transitive verb

1. : to let slip by : spend

pass away the winter

2. archaic : to give away : surrender

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