"pass the river" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-pass the river.ogg Forms: passes the river [present, singular, third-person], passing the river [participle, present], passed the river [participle, past], passed the river [past]
Etymology: Allusion to the crossing of the river Styx, the boundary between life and Hades, in Classical Greek mythology. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pass the river (third-person singular simple present passes the river, present participle passing the river, simple past and past participle passed the river)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To die. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: die

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1991, Anthony Hope, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 216–219:",
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        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) To die."
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}

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