pass away

Definitions

1. 1

   To die.

   • After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
   • Her great grandmother passed away yesterday.
   • He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
2. 2

   To disappear

   To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.

   • Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.
   • And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
   • Though the writer has striven to dwell on aspects that have passed, or are passing away, it will be apparent that many features of Midland practice have been adopted as standard for the L.M.S.R. and other railways.
3. 3

   To spend

   To spend; to waste.

   • Lest she pass away the flower of her age.

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