to pass through
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2.8
- phrasal verb
- /pæs θru/
- Instead, light just passes through them, so they are really transparent and not dark.
- light passes through
- water passes through
- pass through a filter
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Watch on YouTubeIt moves and light which passes through it is bent.
- It moves and light which passes through it is bent.
- A flame won't pass through those holes either.
- The moment you see a fat person, thoughts pass through your head Negative thoughts.
- It's basically it lets high frequencies pass through, but we call it a low cut.
- So the charges pass through the load and the capacitor discharges.
- And then as the hand passes through this position, it slides out.
- Instead, light just passes through them, so they are really transparent and not dark.
- That can be clear and have light pass through them in a way that has high fidelity, right?
- What we get is what that medium allows to pass through.
- So that means that sorry to interrupt, but that means that this chemical can pass through that one cell.
- There's only one substance that would pass through and that is a fluid.
Examples
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But it only has molecules that are small enough to pass through the filter.
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The only things we pass through the Gate on a regular basis are radio waves.
Fiction book (1998) -
Again, it allows the light to pass through the skin and reach that route much faster.
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You must pass through each and every ring.
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When the spacecraft passes through the gateway, space returns to normal.
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The voices caused a shiver to pass through me, and I looked at my clock.
Fiction book (1996) -
In a few minutes, his pupil will dilate, allowing more light to pass through to the retina.
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Since its inception in 1974, salary arbitration has seen hundreds of cases pass through litigation.
Academic text (1994) -
Now, ushers are passing through the aisles with donation baskets, so please, give all you can.
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The air filter allows dust and allergens to pass through and cleans the air we breathe.
Synonyms
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3.0
To pass something through a device that removes unwanted parts
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7.0
Travel through a material, for example sound or light
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4.2
To move people or goods through a place on the way to another
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Morphology
The meaning 'to move across or penetrate' is directly derived from 'pass' (to move or go beyond) combined with 'through' (moving from one side to the other); this motion/composition is literal and follows a common English verb + preposition pattern. Cross-linguistically and contextually (e.g., troops moving across lines) this construction is transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Pass through can also mean to make a material or liquid move across something, like pouring juice so it passes through a sieve or coffee going through a filter. That's why it means 'to cause something to move or be filtered through something else'.