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Synonyms for passed away

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas, pahs
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs

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Définition of passed away

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."
  • verb die
Example sentences :
  • Weeks passed away, and with them the vivid memories of that time.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Months passed away, and no tidings reached him from without.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • The popular ballads have passed away with the conditions which produced them.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Old English Ballads » by George Wharton Edwards
  • Thus the Summer and Autumn passed away, and a cold Winter had come.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • The consciousness of acres had passed away from his portly presence.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • When the gas had passed away the men returned to their former position.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • Yet after his departure, the strain to a certain extent had passed away.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • When the first wild burst of joy had passed away, Mary spoke.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 » by Various
  • It was said yesterday that someone on the ground floor had passed away.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • After this a month passed away, and not a sign of Indians was seen.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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