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passed away

passed away is the simple past and past participle of pass away.

Meaning of pass away

Verb

pass away (third-person singular simple present passes away, present participle passing away, simple past and past participle passed away)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To die.
    • After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
  2. (archaic, literary) 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.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. (obsolete) To spend; to waste.
    • Lest she pass away the flower of her age.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Wisdom of Sirach of Sirach-Chapter-42/#9 42:9

Questions about passed away

What is passed away the simple past and past participle of?
Passed away is the simple past and past participle of pass away.

Words near passed away in the dictionary

  1. passed a stool
  2. passed along
  3. passed around
  4. passed around like a blunt
  5. passed as
  6. passed away
  7. passed ball
  8. passed balls
  9. passed by
  10. passed current
  11. passed down

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