pass away

pass away  {v.}

1. Пролетать незаметно; проходить; заканчиваться.

We had so much fun that the weekend passed away before we realized it.

Forty years had passed away since they had met.

2. Прекращать существование; заканчиваться; исчезать; пропадать.

When automobiles became popular, the use of the horse and buggy passed away.

3. Скончаться; умирать.

He passed away at eighty.

Син.: PASS ON (3), PASS OUT (3).