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passed the river

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

Meaning of pass the river

Verb

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

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To die.
    • To the beautiful memory of Kenneth Grahame, husband of Elspeth and father of Alastair, who passed the river on the 6th of July, 1932, leaving childhood and literature through him the more blest for all time.1991, Anthony Hope, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 216–219
    Synonyms:
    die

Questions about passed the river

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

Words near passed the river in the dictionary

  1. passed the buck
  2. passed the hat
  3. passed the mantle
  4. passed the phone
  5. passed the pikes
  6. passed the river
  7. passed the time
  8. passed the time of day
  9. passed the torch
  10. passed through
  11. passed through the pikes

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