Related Words for passing

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moving
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
overtaking
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Verb, Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
departure
x/x
Verb, Noun
going
/x
Noun, Verb, Noun, Adjective
release
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
expiration
xx/x
Verb, Noun
loss
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
cursory
/xx
Verb, Adjective
qualifying
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
satisfactory
xx/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
exceedingly
x/xx
Noun, Adverb
extremely
x/x
Adverb, Adverb
ephemeral
x/xx
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
perfunctory
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
passage
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective
transitory
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
transient
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
temporary
/xxx
Noun, Adjective, Noun
casual
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Noun
impermanent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
careless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
running
/x
Verb, Verb
catching
/x
Verb
rushing
/x
Verb
stopping
/x
Verb
dropping
/x
Verb
carrying
/xx
Verb
dribbling
/xx
Noun
coming
/x
Verb
crossing
/x
Noun
reflecting
x/x
Verb
blocking
/x
Verb
taking
/x
Verb
observing
x/x
Verb
mentioning
/xx
Verb
throwing
/x
Verb
receiving
x/x
Verb
intercepting
xx/x
Verb
breaking
/x
Noun
traversing
x/x
Verb
disregarding
xx/x
Verb
checking
/x
Noun
returning
x/x
Verb
turning
/x
Verb
glancing
/x
Verb
stepping
/x
Verb
ignoring
x/x
Verb
bypassing
/xx
Verb
escaping
x/x
Verb
advancing
x/x
Verb
entering
/xx
Verb
dying
/x
Verb
bringing
/x
Verb
reaching
/x
Verb
driving
/x
Noun
rolling
/x
Noun
remembering
x/xx
Verb
dodging
/x
Verb
approaching
x/x
Verb
knocking
/x
Verb
sneaking
/x
Verb
touching
/x
Verb
drifting
/x
Verb
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
slipping
/x
Verb
sending
/x
Verb
seeing
/x
Verb
encountering
x/xx
Verb
torch
/
Noun
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
tossing
/x
Verb
deflecting
x/x
Noun
preventing
x/x
Verb
gaining
/x
Verb
giving
/x
Verb
witnessing
/xx
Verb
changing
/x
Verb
leaving
/x
Verb
baton
x/
Noun
leaping
/x
Verb
exchanging
x/x
Verb
snatching
/x
Verb
remarking
x/x
Verb
conveying
x/x
Verb
closing
/x
Noun
sharing
/x
Noun
absorbing
x/x
Verb
handing
/x
Verb
holding
/x
Verb
bumping
/x
Verb
avoiding
x/x
Verb
skipping
/x
Verb
declaring
x/x
Verb
referencing
/xxx
Noun
noticing
/xx
Verb
jumping
/x
Noun
evading
x/x
Verb
whizzing
/x
Verb
relating
x/x
Verb
negating
x/x
Verb
getting
/x
Verb
pushing
/x
Verb
marking
/x
Verb
admiring
x/x
Noun
opening
/xx
Noun
crashing
/x
Verb
haring
/x
Name
celebrating
/xxx
Verb
imparting
x/x
Verb
talking
/x
Verb
opposing
x/x
Verb
increasing
x/x
Verb
waving
/x
Verb
transmitting
x/x
Noun
walking
/x
Verb
hanging
/x
Verb
mocking
/x
Verb
blowing
/x
Verb
relaying
/xx
Noun
forgetting
x/x
Verb
possessing
x/x
Verb
lapsing
/x
Verb
reversing
x/x
Verb
recognizing
/xxx
Verb
descending
x/x
Verb
completing
x/x
Verb
wafting
/x
Verb
extending
x/x
Verb
condemning
x/x
Verb
nullifying
/xxx
Verb
penetrating
/xxx
Adjective
having
/x
Verb
relative
/xx
Adjective
choking
/x
Verb
collecting
x/x
Noun
communicating
x/xxx
Verb
approving
x/x
Verb
shepherding
/xx
Noun
deferring
x/x
Verb
passers
/x
Noun
succeeding
x/x
Verb
connecting
x/x
Verb
wandering
/xx
Verb
impeding
x/x
Verb
sniffing
/x
Verb
emulating
/xxx
Verb
influencing
/xxx
Verb
propagating
/xxx
Verb
clearing
/x
Noun
spitting
/x
Noun
sweeping
/x
Verb
separating
/xxx
Verb
reflection
x/x
Noun
impending
x/x
Adjective
dumping
/x
Verb
introducing
xx/x
Verb
overturning
/xxx
Noun
scampering
/xx
Verb
hurrying
/xx
Verb
scuttling
/xx
Noun
fugitive
/xx
Noun
expired
x/
Verb
failing
/x
Noun
elusive
x/x
Adjective
senescent
x/x
Noun
not long for this world
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Phrase, Adjective
abortive
x/x
Adjective
frail
/
Adjective
expendable
x/xx
Adjective
vague
/
Adjective
lost
/
Verb
dead
/
Adjective
depreciating
x/xxx
Noun
fickle
/x
Adjective
lifeless
/x
Adjective
effete
x/
Adjective
quicksand
/x
Noun
mourned
/
Verb
token
/x
Adjective
virginian
x/x
Name
lamenting
x/x
Verb
argument
/xx
Adjective
untimely
x/x
Adjective
bemoan
x/
Verb
accepting
x/x
Adjective
access
/x
Noun, Verb
adopting
x/x
Verb
adoption
x/x
Noun
aerial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
airplay
/x
Noun
approval
x/x
Noun
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
assembling
x/xx
Noun
asynchronous
//xx
Adjective
beam
/
Noun, Verb
bereavement
x/x
Noun
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
briefly
/x
Adverb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
bystander
/xx
Noun
changeover
/xx
Noun
circulating
/xxx
Adjective
correcting
x/x
Noun
crossover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
crossroads
/x
Noun
cruise
/
Noun, Verb
cryptographic
/x/x
Adjective
death
/
Noun
decease
x/
Noun, Verb
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
dividing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
efficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
eligible
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
enacting
x/x
Noun
enactment
x/x
Noun
endorsement
x/x
Noun
endorsing
x/x
Verb
exceedance
x/x
Noun
exceeding
x/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
experiencing
x/xxx
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
extirpation
/xxx
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fatalities
x/xx
Noun
fil
/
Noun
filtering
/xx
Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flowing
/x
Noun, Adjective
flying
/x
Noun, Adjective
forwarding
/xx
Noun
handover
/xx
Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
incoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
indirect
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
interbreeding
/x/x
Noun
intersection
xx/x
Noun
introduction
xx/x
Noun
issuance
/xx
Noun
issuing
/xx
Noun
lamp
/
Noun, Verb
lateral
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lifting
/x
Noun
lightly
/x
Adverb
liner
/x
Noun, Verb
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
matching
/x
Noun, Adjective
mating
/x
Noun, Adjective
mongrel
/x
Noun, Adjective
multiprocessor
xx/xx
Noun
narrows
/x
Noun
optimised
/xx
Verb, Adjective
optimized
/xx
Verb, Noun
overrun
/xx
Verb, Noun
overshoot
/xx
Noun, Verb
parenthesis
x/xx
Noun
paso
/x
Name
passageway
/xx
Noun
passenger
/xx
Noun, Verb
passerby
/xx
Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ploy
/
Noun, Verb
portion
/x
Noun, Verb
proceeding
x/x
Noun
processing
/xx
Noun
programming
/xx
Noun
promulgating
/xxx
Verb
pronouncing
x/x
Noun
propeller
x/x
Noun
ranging
/x
Noun
recovery
x/x
Noun
rising
/x
Noun, Adjective
rope
/
Noun, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
scalable
/xx
Adjective
scanning
/x
Noun
shading
/x
Noun
shifting
/x
Noun
sinking
/x
Noun
sophisticated
x/xxx
Adjective
spending
/x
Noun
stint
/
Noun, Verb
success
x/
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
switching
/x
Noun
testing
/x
Noun, Adjective
thread
/
Noun, Verb
traffic
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
transferring
x/x
Noun
transiting
/xx
Noun
transition
x/x
Noun, Verb
transmission
x/x
Noun
traveling
/xx
Noun, Adjective
undergoing
xx/x
Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
winning
/x
Adjective, Noun
yarn
/
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name
tell
/
Verb, Noun