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pass away

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  1. Also,. 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.

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"Mummy had been sick for a long time but nobody expected her to pass away and it all happened really quick," she said.

From BBC

Not long after, a key figure in the eagles’ relationship with the public, Sandy Steers, passed away after a private battle with cancer.

From Los Angeles Times

Her aunt died in a landslide and her cousin was found alive but passed away in hospital.

From Barron's

Several years ago, my father reached out after his wife passed away.

From MarketWatch

The Grammy nominated singer-songwriter "passed away peacefully" on Saturday morning "surrounded by his loving family", his family said on social media.

From BBC

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