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How to sign: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully";
See also: die out, die off, die out, die off, die back, die down, die down
Similiar / Same: die, decease, perish, pass away, expire, exit, go
Categories: change state, turn
Within this category: buy it, drown, fall, kick the bucket, predecease, starve, succumb, suffocate
How to sign: come to pass
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important";
Similiar / Same: happen, hap, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out
Within this category: anticipate, arise, befall, break, break, chance, come, come around, concur, develop, fall, fall, give, go off, happen, happen, intervene, operate, proceed, recur, supervene, synchronize, transpire, turn out
How to sign: place into the hands or custody of
"hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers";
See also: put across, hand out, hand down, hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, communicate, impart, relegate, give out, pass on, turn in, deliver, get in, pass on, distribute, pass on, submit, pass on, render, give, leave
Similiar / Same: hand, pass on, turn over, reach, give
Categories: transfer
Within this category: deal, entrust, entrust, give, hand over, release, slip
How to sign: transmit information
"Please communicate this message to all employees";
Similiar / Same: communicate, put across, pass on
Categories: communicate, convey, transmit
Within this category: acknowledge, carry, get across, message, message, plant, relay, render, request, reveal, send a message
How to sign: go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now";
Similiar / Same: make it
Categories: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
Within this category: breeze through
How to sign: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
"the pass was fumbled";
Categories: throw
Within this category: centering
How to sign: grant authorization or clearance for
"Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography";
Similiar / Same: authorize, authorise, clear
Categories: allow, countenance, let, permit
Within this category: approbate, approve, certificate, commission, declare, license, validate
How to sign: pass by
"A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other";
Similiar / Same: travel by, pass by, go past, go by, surpass
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: fly by, run by, skirt, zip by
How to sign: pass by
"three years elapsed";
Similiar / Same: elapse, slip by, glide by, go by, slide by, slip away, go along, lapse
Categories: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
Within this category: fly
How to sign: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls";
Similiar / Same: base on balls, walk
Categories: accomplishment, achievement
How to sign: go across or through
"We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind";
See also: traverse, cut across, cut through, get over, cross, pass over, pass across, pass through, transit, skip over, skip, pass over, pass over, get across, track, cover, jump
Similiar / Same: go across, go through
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: break through, crash, cut, cycle, fumble, infiltrate, lock, make, muscle, negociate, run, squeak by, transgress, transit, transit, traverse
How to sign: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time";
Similiar / Same: legislate
How to sign: any authorization to pass or go somewhere
"the pass to visit had a strict time limit";
Similiar / Same: passport
Categories: permission
Within this category: safe-conduct
How to sign: travel past
"The sports car passed all the trucks";
Similiar / Same: overhaul, overtake
Categories: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
Within this category: clear, get by
How to sign: you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
"he had a bye in the first round";
Similiar / Same: bye
Categories: conceding, concession, yielding
How to sign: transfer to another; of rights or property
"Our house passed under his official control";
Categories: change
