to die. This word is used to avoid saying ‘die’ when you think this might upset someone
Although research suggests most people want to die at home, four out of five people at present pass away in hospital.
Everyone will think I've passed away.
He did so as a tribute to his grandmother, who passed away last week.
He passed away in his sleep at the age of eighty-four.
He passed away last night.
He was one of more than 400 people in the UK who passed away last year while waiting for a transplant.
His passing away last year was a terrible tragedy.
I think the doctors thought he would pass away peacefully at home - but he stayed with us.
My wife passed away in November last year aged 55 after a long illness with breast cancer.
Over the weekend, we made memory boxes of the people who had passed away.
People who have passed away are not the only ones remembered.
She passed away last Thursday after she took a turn for the worse.
She was asking me about my previous girlfriend who passed away last year.
That was when his mom called to say his dad passed away.
Three people have passed away.
passes away
passing away
passed away
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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