- pass through
- verb1. make a passage or journey from one place to another (Freq. 18)-
The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs; " "Some travelers pass through the desert
• Syn: ↑transit, ↑move through, ↑pass across, ↑pass over• Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑go through, ↑go across• Hyponyms: ↑cut• Verb Group: ↑transit• Verb Frames:-Something is ——ing PP
-Somebody ——s PP
2. cause to move through (Freq. 14)-Pass a chemical through a solution
• Hyponyms: ↑reeve• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Something ——s something
3. pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict (Freq. 1)• Syn: ↑infiltrate• Derivationally related forms: ↑infiltration (for: ↑infiltrate), ↑infiltrator (for: ↑infiltrate)• Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑go through, ↑go across• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
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pass throughTo undergo, experience• • •Main Entry: ↑pass* * *
ˌpass ˈthrough [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pass through he/she/it passes through present participle passing through past tense passed through past participle passed through] phrasal verbto go to a place for only a short period of time before continuing a journeyMain entry: pass
Useful english dictionary. 2012.