"pass away" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-pass away.ogg [Australia] Forms: pass away [canonical], passes away [third-person, singular], passed away [past], passed away [past, participle], passing away [present, participle]
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  1. If someone passes away, they die.
    Sense id: simple-pass_away-en-verb-GPldUKL0 Categories (other): Idioms
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