pass through

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pass through (third-person singular simple present passes through, present participle passing through, simple past and past participle passed through)

  1. To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.
    Synonyms: go through, traverse, lustrate
    Hyponyms: lock through, walk through
    We passed through the checkpoint on the road that passes through Freedonia.
    • 1978, “CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY”, in Joseph L. Wieczynski, editor, The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History‎, volume 7, Academic International Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49:
      Beginning where the road crosses the Sino-Soviet frontier at Man-chou-li, it passes through Hailar and Ha-erh-pin (Harbin) and ends when it crosses back into Soviet territory at Sui-fen-ho (Pogranichnaia). During its history it has been known as the Trans-Manchurian Railway, the North Manchurian Railway, the Chinese Changchun Railway and the Harbin Railway. The main line from Man-chou-li to Sui-fen-ho is 950 miles in length.
  2. To make something move through something else.
    The dough is passed through the pasta machine several times.
  3. To undergo; to experience.
    We all passed through those phases.
  4. Synonym of infiltrate.
    We passed through enemy lines in the fog.

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pass through (plural pass throughs)

  1. (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.

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