pass away
English
Verb
pass away (third-person singular simple present passes away, present participle passing away, simple past and past participle passed away)
- (euphemistic, idiomatic) To die.
- After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
- (obsolete) To spend; to waste.
- Bible, Eccles. xlii. 9
- Lest she pass away the flower of her age.
- Bible, Eccles. xlii. 9
Usage notes
Usually refers to death by natural causes or medical conditions.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:die
Translations
to die (euphemistic)
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