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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas-throo, pahs-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæsˌθru, ˈpɑs-



Definition of pass through

Origin :
  • "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
  • As in negotiate : verb traverse, cross
  • As in penetrate : verb pierce; get through physically
  • As in percolate : verb seep, drip (liquid)
  • As in permeate : verb filter, spread throughout
  • As in pierce : verb cut, penetrate
  • As in traverse : verb cross over; travel
  • As in cover : verb travel across area
  • As in do : verb travel, visit
  • As in go through : verb search
Example sentences :
  • Could this be all the obstruction I was prepared to open a pass through?
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • On her way back she had to pass through the woods, where, on one side, was a clearing.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Pass through a sieve and use for masking meat, fowl, fish, &c.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
  • Pass through a sieve, add a clove of garlic with a cut in it, and boil.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
  • I knew that I must pass through a bedroom at the end of the gallery, and that was all I remembered.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • It was impossible to pass through this ordeal with indifference.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • It seemed to persist in declining to pass through the strainer.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Keep your eyes open if we pass through their street presently, will you?
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • And before reaching the springs, they had to pass through a pine-wood.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • The bell rang for service and the religious began to pass through the hall.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for pass through

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