Antonyms for passing through

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : pas, pahs

Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs

Definition of passing 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 migrant/migratory : adj moving, traveling
As in penetrating : adj stinging, harsh
As in migrational : adj migratory
As in transmigratory : adj migratory
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 :

The next thing was to borrow a trifle of what was passing through his hands.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

This was not done, in consequence of his not passing through Washington, as had been expected.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

He struck marsh again and was a long time in passing through it.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

What thoughts could be passing through his mind at that supreme moment?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Italy in 1899 was passing through a period of humiliation and unrest.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

All this that was passing through her mind was utterly foreign to any coquetry.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

They were passing through a long tunnel that went steadily down.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

As they were passing through the dining room he expressed his surprise.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Something of the same thought was passing through Peter's mind but he only smiled.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

Tell him, that in passing through the crowd they left me thus.
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for passing through

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