pass away

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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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pass away

Nick Hitchon died from cancer in 2023, becoming the second member of the cast to pass away after Lynn Johnson 10 years earlier.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

When you both pass away, the trust and trustee would manage the distribution of your assets, providing an income and/or inheritance for your heirs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

"We look at all of the data we have in our telephones, CCTV, the audio. There's that wealth of documentary evidence. And of course, when you go back such a long time, witnesses pass away."

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Then James threw a pass away that bounced off two Thunder defenders and Reaves, with the officials ruling it was still the Lakers’ possession.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Within a few thousand years the last, lonesome diprotodon would pass away, and with her the entire species.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Related Words

• die
• expire
• perish
• succumb