pass through

present singular third person passes through · participle present passing through · participle past passed through · past passed through

1. To 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.

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   At length, the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Manchester & Birmingham, which was to pass through the Potteries and join the Grand Junction at Chebsey, a few miles north of Stafford.

   1957 September 28, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 617

   Beginning where the road crosses the Sino-Soviet frontier at Man-chou-li, it passes through Hailar and Ha-erh-pin (Harbin) and ends when it crosses back into Soviet territory at Sui-fen-ho (Pogranichnaia). During its history it has been known as the Trans-Manchurian Railway, the North Manchurian Railway, the Chinese Changchun Railway and the Harbin Railway. The main line from Man-chou-li to Sui-fen-ho is 950 miles in length.

   1978, “CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY”, in Joseph L. Wieczynski, editor, The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, volume 7, Academic International Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49

   Synonyms: go through, traverse, lustrate

2. To make something move through something else.

   The dough is passed through the pasta machine several times.

3. To undergo; to experience.

   We all passed through those phases.

4. Synonym of infiltrate.

   We passed through enemy lines in the fog.

   Synonyms: infiltrate

plural pass throughs

1. USA framed, window-like aperture in the interior wall of a house, usually between a kitchen and dining room, through which items (especially food) can be passed. A serving hatch.