pass away vs pass out — Pass away is a phrasal verb. It is used when someone dies. For example: After a short illness, he passed away peacefully in the night. Pass out is also a phrasal verb, but it is used when someone faints or loses consciousness for a short… … English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words
pass out — {v.}, {informal} 1. To lose consciousness; faint. * /She went back to work while she was still sick, and finally she just passed out./ Compare: GIVE OUT(3). 2. or {slang}[pass out cold] To drop into a drunken stupor; become unconscious from drink … Dictionary of American idioms
pass out — {v.}, {informal} 1. To lose consciousness; faint. * /She went back to work while she was still sick, and finally she just passed out./ Compare: GIVE OUT(3). 2. or {slang}[pass out cold] To drop into a drunken stupor; become unconscious from drink … Dictionary of American idioms
pass\ out — v informal 1. To lose consciousness; faint. She went back to work while she was still sick, and finally she just passed out. Compare: give out(3) 2. or slang pass out cold To drop into a drunken stupor; become unconscious from drink. After three… … Словарь американских идиом
pass out — Synonyms and related words: be consumed, be drunk, be gone, be intoxicated, black out, bow out, buy it, cash in, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, check in, check out, circulate, come across with, crap out, croak, decease, deliver, deliver over … Moby Thesaurus
pass away — {v.} 1. To slip by; go by; pass. * /We had so much fun that the weekend passed away before we realized it./ * /Forty years had passed away since they had met./ 2. To cease to exist; end; disappear; vanish * /When automobiles became popular, the… … Dictionary of American idioms
pass away — {v.} 1. To slip by; go by; pass. * /We had so much fun that the weekend passed away before we realized it./ * /Forty years had passed away since they had met./ 2. To cease to exist; end; disappear; vanish * /When automobiles became popular, the… … Dictionary of American idioms
pass on — {v.} 1. To give an opinion about; judge; settle. * /The college passed on his application and found him acceptable./ * /The committee recommended three people for the job and the president passed on them./ 2. To give away (something that has been … Dictionary of American idioms
pass on — {v.} 1. To give an opinion about; judge; settle. * /The college passed on his application and found him acceptable./ * /The committee recommended three people for the job and the president passed on them./ 2. To give away (something that has been … Dictionary of American idioms
pass — Synonyms and related words: OK, abalienate, abandon, abysm, abyss, accept, access, accredit, act like, administer, adopt, advance, affiliate, affirm, aggrandize, agree to, aisle, alien, alienate, alley, allow, ambulatory, amen, amortize, answer,… … Moby Thesaurus
