pass away

Idioms  

1. Also,. Die, as in He passed away last week, or After Grandma passes on we'll sell the land, or I hear he's about to pass over. 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.

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Example Sentences

"Unfortunately, he was attacked and passed away... we are all deeply saddened," he said.

From Barron's

“I did not know, until Gary passed away, that we were overextended and that Gary needed money to repay debts and maintain his lifestyle.”

From The Wall Street Journal

My mother passed away a while ago and a couple of properties were inherited.

From MarketWatch

The day we learned she had passed away, her husband immediately moved back into the home.

From MarketWatch

Among Park’s top concerns when he left the United States in June was that his mother, who is 86 and struggling with dementia, would pass away while he couldn’t return to the county.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• die
• expire
• perish
• succumb