Definition

1. Verb (transitive):

   • To cause something to move or go through a place, object, or medium: To transmit or transfer something from one side or end to another.
   • To experience or undergo something, often briefly or as part of a process: To go through a phase, situation, or location.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To go through a place while traveling, typically without stopping for a long time: To travel from one side to the other of an area, often as part of a longer journey.

Usage Examples

• Verb (transitive):
  • The pipeline will pass through the mountain. (It will go from one side of the mountain to the other.)
  • The committee must pass the proposal through several stages of review. (The proposal must undergo several reviews.)
• Verb (intransitive):
  • We will only pass through the city on our way to the coast. (We will travel through the city without staying long.)
  • A feeling of dread passed through her. (A feeling moved through her body or mind.)

Advanced Usage

• "to pass through one's mind": to be thought of briefly.
  • The idea passed through my mind, but I dismissed it quickly.
• In a technical or scientific context, it can describe filtration, transmission, or penetration.
  • Light can pass through transparent materials like glass.

Variants and Related Words

• Passage (n): The act or process of moving through.
  • The passage of the bill through Congress was slow.
• Through-passage (n): A route that goes through something.
  • The building has a through-passage for pedestrians.

Synonyms

• Traverse: To travel across or through.
• Transit: The act of passing through or across.
• Penetrate: To enter or pass through, especially by overcoming resistance.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Pass by: To go past without entering or stopping.
  • We passed by the old house on our drive.
• Pass over: To ignore or skip; to cross above something.
  • They passed over my suggestion.

Related Idioms

• Pass through the mill: To undergo a difficult or testing experience.
  • He's really passed through the mill with that lawsuit.
• Just passing through: A phrase indicating a temporary, brief visit during travel.
  • "Are you new in town?" "No, I'm just passing through."

Verb

1. pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
2. cause to move through
   • Pass a chemical through a solution
3. make a passage or journey from one place to another
   • The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
   • Some travelers pass through the desert