pass away

Language: en

Meaning: (euphemistic,idiomatic)Todie.After a long battle with cancer, the professorpassed awayyesterday.Her great grandmotherpassed awayyesterday.1921June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, inHarper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company,→ISSN,→OCLC:He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings andpass away.; (archaic,literary)To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.c.1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great.[…]The First Part[…], 2nd edition, part 1, London:[…][R. Robinson for]Richard Iones,[…], published1592,→OCLC; reprinted asTamburlaine the Great(A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act I, scene i:Returne with ſpeed, timepaſſethſwiftaway,Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Revelation21:4:And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things arepassed away.1946May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, inRailway Magazine, page200:Though the writer has striven to dwell on aspects that have passed, or arepassing away, it will be apparent that many features of Midland practice have been adopted as standard for the L.M.S.R. and other railways.; (obsolete)To spend; to waste.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Wisdom of Sirachof Sirach-Chapter-42/#9 42:9:Lest shepass awaythe flower of her age.

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