English Phrase of the Day

Definitions

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pass through
1. v. To transit something.
2. v. To make something move through something else.
The dough is passed through the pasta machine several times.
3. v. To infiltrate.
We passed through enemy lines in the fog.
4. v. To undergo; to experience.
5. n. (US) A 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.
Analysis
pass		©
1. v. Physical movement.
2. v.          (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
They passed from room to room.
3. v.          To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
You will pass a house on your right.
through		©
1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
I went through the window.
2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).

Example Sentences

Please let us pass through your country to our destination.  The stories pass through rooms of the bereaved and the anxious.  We head up a rickety flight of stairs, pass through a wooden door, and suddenly my jaw drops open.  I found it particularly touching as I have travelled in all the countries they pass through, but as a visitor, insulated from the hardship and vulnerability they experience.

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