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Old 06-Jun-2008, 08:55
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Please tell me if you can use "pass on" (meaning: die)
as a transitive phrasal verb?

If you can, could you give me an example sentence as
a transitive verb?
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It's intransitive, and synonymous with pass away.
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Thank you very much for your answer.

Please let me ask you one more.

Does it make sence to use "pass on" like this:

"Last night he passed on." ?
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Thank you very much for your answer.

Please let me ask you one more.

Does it make sence to use "pass on" like this:

"Last night he passed on." ?
Yes. It makes sense.
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What did he pass on?Doesn't make sense.
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What did he pass on?Doesn't make sense.
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He passed on [to the other side]. He died.

pass on, to die: The patient passed on after a long illness.

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