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

“She passed away eight years ago now. Congenital heart defect.”

From Literature

You and your two siblings could act unilaterally after your mother passes away and distribute 40% of the property’s value per the terms of the trust, or — preferably — allow your mother’s decision to stand.

From MarketWatch

By God, let’s go with indie provocateur Gregg Araki’s conception of him: Robert Redford, a titan who hatched an independent film festival from his head like he was Zeus and passed away this September.

From Los Angeles Times

I had a long spell of working with Lindsay Parsons, who has sadly passed away, before I moved on to Dave Kemp, who was alongside me at Portsmouth in 1999.

From BBC

This was the tenor of her deeply private relationship to long-term husband Carl Dean, who completely avoided the spotlight and passed away last year aged 82.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• die
• expire
• perish
• succumb