pass away

1. (euphemism, idiom) To die.

   After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.

   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.

2. (obsolete) To spend; to waste.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Wisdom of Sirach of Sirach-Chapter-42/#9 42:9 ↗:

     Lest she pass away the flower of her age.

• See also Thesaurus:die

• French: décéder, s'éteindre
• German: entschlafen, versterben
• Italian: scomparire, mancare, venire a mancare
• Portuguese: falecer, ir-se (Brazil)
• Russian: сконча́ться
• Spanish: fallecer