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passing through

passing through is the present participle and gerund of pass through.

Meaning of pass through

Verb

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

  1. To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
    • We passed through the checkpoint on the road that passes through Freedonia.
  2. To make something move through something else.
    • The dough is passed through the pasta machine several times.
  3. To undergo; to experience.
    • We all passed through those phases.
  4. Synonym of infiltrate.
    • We passed through enemy lines in the fog.
    Synonyms:
    infiltrate

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Questions about passing through

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

Words near passing through in the dictionary

  1. passing the pikes
  2. passing the river
  3. passing the time
  4. passing the time of day
  5. passing the torch
  6. passing through
  7. passing through the pikes
  8. passing tone
  9. passing tones
  10. passing under the yoke
  11. passing unnoticed

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