pass through
To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place…To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
» I was just passing through town.
Meaning
4 sensesTo go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
We passed through the checkpoint on the road that passes through Freedonia.
make a passage or journey from one place to another
To make something move through something else.
The dough is passed through the pasta machine several times.
cause to move through
To undergo; to experience.
We all passed through those phases.
Synonym of infiltrate.
We passed through enemy lines in the fog.
Examples
118 sentencesI was just passing through town.
She was afraid to pass through the woods.
ruОна боялась идти через лес.
deSie fürchtete sich, durch den Wald zu gehen.
The gate is so narrow that the car can't pass through it.
ruВорота такие узкие, что машина в них не проедет.
We're just passing through.
I'm just passing through.
ruЯ тут проездом.
Translations
4 languagesForms
passes through, passing through, passed through, passed through| Base form | pass through · to pass through |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | passes through |
| Present participle | passing through |
| Past simple | passed through |
| Past participle | passed through |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
13 phrasal verbs- pass upвідмовити, відкинутиTo refuse (not accept); forgo.
- pass offпродовжувати, продовжитиTo happen.
- pass outроздавати, роздатиTo faint; to become unconscious.
- pass onвийти, виходитиTo go forward.
- pass overпокрити, прикритиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, over.
- pass awayвідійти у вічністьTo die.
- pass aroundпоширювати, розповсюджуватиTo distribute something through a group by giving several items to one or more people to then give to others in a row, line or circle; to spread something to be used by each person in group in turn; to gather contributions for a cause.
- pass alongпройти, проходитиTo deliver a message or item to its intended recipient.
More 5
- pass byпройти, проходитиTo travel past without stopping.
- pass downTo hand over, pass through or transfer to a lower level, next generation, etc.
- pass forTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
- pass throughTo go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
- pass roundTo distribute
Synonyms
8 synonyms- pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict:infiltrate
- make a passage or journey from one place to another:transitmove throughpass acrosspass over
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb