Idiom
pass away
Meaning
To die.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Her grandmother passed away last year.”
“We were shocked to hear that our kind neighbor had passed away in his sleep.”
“The old house stood empty for decades after its last owner passed away, leaving no heirs to claim it.”
Examples
simple
“Her grandmother passed away last year.”
contextual
“We were shocked to hear that our kind neighbor had passed away in his sleep.”
complex
“The old house stood empty for decades after its last owner passed away, leaving no heirs to claim it.”
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