pass away
(Euphemistic)
[verb]
Synonyms: die, expire, kick the bucket (slang), pass on, pass over, shuffle off this mortal coil, snuff it (informal)

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English Thesaurus: die, pass away, pass on, lose your life, perish, ...

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pass away phrasal verb (see also pass)
to die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’

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die to stop being alive, as a result of old age or illness:
I want to see Ireland again before I die.
No wonder your plants always die – you don’t water them enough.
His son died of liver cancer three years ago.
pass away to die – used when you want to avoid using the word ‘die’, in order to show respect or to avoid upsetting someone:
My wife had just passed away, and I didn’t want to be around people.
pass on to pass away – use this especially when you believe that the soul has a life after the death of the body:
I’m sorry, Emily, but your mother has passed on.
lose your life to be killed in a terrible event:
Hundreds of people lost their lives when the ship overturned in a storm.
perish literary to die in a terrible event – used especially in literature and news reports:
Five children perished before firefighters could put out the blaze.
give your life/lay down your life formal to die in order to save someone, or because of something that you believe in:
We honor the men and women who have given their lives in service of their country.
drop dead informal to suddenly die, when people do not expect you to:
One day, he came home from work and dropped dead of a heart attack.
kick the bucket/pop your clogs British English, buy the farm American English informal to die – used when you are not talking seriously about death:
It’s not like I’m going to kick the bucket tomorrow.

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pass away
to die.
Both my parents passed away fairly young, and then my brothers and I lived with our uncle.

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pass away
to die
His father passed away when he was 96 years old.

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pass away
v.
1. To slip by; go by; pass.
We had so much fun that the weekend passed away before we realized it.
Forty years had passed away since they had met.
2. To cease to exist; end; disappear; vanish
When automobiles became popular, the use of the horse and buggy passed away.
3. To have your life stop; die.
He passed away at eighty.
Synonym: PASS ON³, PASS OUT³.

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