pass away

and pass on

Euph. to die. My aunt passed away last month. When I pass on, I won't care about the funeral.

See also: away, pass

pass away

also pass on

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

Also, pass on or over . Die, as in He passed away last week, or After Grandma passes on we'll sell the land, or I hear he's about to pass over. All these terms are euphemisms for dying, although the verb pass alone as well as pass away have been used in the sense of "pass out of existence, die" since the 1300s. The two variants-adding on [c. 1800] and over [c. 1900]-allude to moving to some other-worldly realm.

See also: away, pass

pass away

1. To die: My grandfather passed away last year.

2. To pass out of existence; end: The years of famine passed away and were followed by years of prosperity.

See also: away, pass

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zohar	-	Hebrew
Ithamar	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Kamala	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali
Eliseo	e-lee-ZE-o (Italian), e-lee-SE-o (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Hudes	-	Yiddish
ÁGnes	AHG-nesh	Hungarian