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Meaning of pass the river | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To die.

euphemistic, idiomatic

Examples

“To the beautiful memory of Kenneth Grahame, husband of Elspeth and father of Alastair, who passed the river on the 6th of July, 1932, leaving childhood and literature through him the more blest for all time.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

pass the time pass the time of day pass the torch pass through pass through the hands pass under the yoke