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

After my first wife passed away, I remarried a wonderful woman.

From MarketWatch

A Tui rep sent a message to Karen's phone after she had passed away asking how she was.

From BBC

I’m 62 years old and I have never been married, have no siblings, and both my parents have passed away.

From MarketWatch

Miskiw, who has since passed away, had offered a story about a dispute between the actor Sadie Frost Law and her nanny.

From BBC

“Every time I get notified that someone in my care has passed away, it’s like a kick in the groin,” said Sheriff Robert Luna during a brief interview.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• die
• expire
• perish
• succumb