PASSING (ON) Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

passing (on)

verb

Definition of passing (on)

present participle of pass (on)

as in dying

to stop living my grandfather passed on at the age of 92

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The effect was named after Nelson Mandela, who many people seemed to remember dying in the 1980s while in prison in South Africa; he actually had been released from jail, served as President of South Africa and died in 2013.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
My peach tree is developing white growths on the limbs and some are dying.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026

Definition of dying

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Her sister had been through cervical cancer and two bouts of breast cancer before passing away from the disease.

— Ayren Jackson-Cannady, SELF, 29 May 2026
As well as the uncertainty of being in the final year of his contract, the France international also had to deal with the personal anguish of his father Hamady passing away in January.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 28 May 2026

Definition of passing away

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Woodside Energy Group — Shares of the Australian oil and gas company jumped more than 7% after Bloomberg News reported , citing people familiar, that Exxon Mobil is checking out possible acquisition targets including Woodside.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 June 2026
However, the main activity was not checking out or returning books.

— Molly McCrea, CBS News, 12 June 2026

Definition of checking out

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Global markets were also mixed, with South Korea’s Kospi stock index falling another 6% Wednesday as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmakers’ shares.

— Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Hikers in an area of the San Bernardino National Forest are being warned of falling rocks after one woman was injured, and another woman died after she was suspected to have been hit in the head by a large boulder.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of falling

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On May 18, Donike Gocaj, a resident of Briarcliff Manor in New York’s Westchester County, fell 10 feet into the open Con Edison manhole after stepping out of her parked SUV in midtown Manhattan, WABC reported.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Lena Dunham was spotted in the back of an SUV, while producer Jack Antonoff was photographed by paparazzi stepping out in an oversized black blazer and matching slacks.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of stepping out

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From the Sacramento Valley to Modesto and Merced For Sacramento and folks south towards Modesto and Merced, high temps should hold in the mid- to upper 80s Thursday afternoon thanks to the Delta breeze kicking in.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Neighbors had said that before the day of the killing, Brockenshire allegedly had commented about kicking in Kenyon’s door and shooting him.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026

Definition of kicking in

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Julie Chen Moonves shares her thoughts on that wild Big Brother premiere, including Rachel Reilly perishing in a volcano.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
Authorities have publicly identified four people who lost their lives over the last week in San Diego County traffic crashes, with three of the victims perishing in head-on collisions in the eastern reaches of the region.

— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026

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