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passes the river

passes the river is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 passes the river

What is passes the river the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Passes the river is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pass the river.

Words near passes the river in the dictionary

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

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