pass the river

verb

To die.

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Meanings

verbpass the river (third-person singular simple present passes the river, present participle passing the river, simple past and past participle passed the river)

present singular third person passes the river · participle present passing the river · participle past passed the river · past passed the river

  1. euphemisticidiomaticTo die.

    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.

    1991, Anthony Hope, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard, The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 216–219

    Synonyms: die

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo die.

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die
Also see
cross the riverdie

Origin

Allusion to the crossing of the river Styx, the boundary between life and Hades, in Classical Greek mythology.

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APA

pass the river. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%20the%20river

MLA

“pass the river.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%20the%20river. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pass the river,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%20the%20river.

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