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pass one's way

pass one's way verb: be gone; depart.

Verb

pass one's way (third-person singular simple present passes one's way, present participle passing one's way, simple past and past participle passed one's way)

  1. (obsolete) Be gone; depart.
    • this is no haunt
      for revellers and gallants—pass your way.1781, Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother, Act 1 Scene 2

Forms of pass one's way

third-person singular presentpasses one's way
present participlepassing one's way
past participlepassed one's way
pastpassed one's way

Questions about pass one's way

What does pass one's way mean?
Pass one's way means be gone; depart.
What part of speech is pass one's way?
Pass one's way is a verb.
What is the past tense of pass one's way?
The past tense of pass one's way is passed one's way.

Words near pass one's way in the dictionary

  1. pass muster
  2. Pass of Brander
  3. pass off
  4. pass off as
  5. pass on
  6. pass one's way
  7. pass one's word
  8. pass oneself off as
  9. pass out
  10. pass over
  11. pass round

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