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pass away

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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Some of those bereaved by Hillsborough have now themselves passed away.

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The girl was then taken from the area to hospital where she passed away.

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"I'm trying to do my best to let everyone in my family happy. Since my father passed away, Usain's my motivator."

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"Of the 12 people I interviewed, two have already passed away and they were in their 50s," she said.

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Her family said Ms Hall "passed away doing what she did best — living life fully, boldly, and with a heart wide open to the world".

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