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passing the river

passing the river is the present participle and gerund 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 passing the river

What is passing the river the present participle and gerund of?
Passing the river is the present participle and gerund of pass the river.

Words near passing the river in the dictionary

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

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