pass

   1. to die

   The passage from this world to the next. Also as pass away, beyond the veil, into the next world, off the earth (or a synonym), in your checks, into the next world, on, or over:

    Things are mixed up since Mr Forsythe passed. (Sanders, 1994 — Mr Forsythe was not a bridge or football player but had been murdered)

    Flora must have thought she was going to do, for just before she passed away... (L Armstrong, 1955)

    His own mongrel, misinterpreting his teachings as commands to bite the tyres of passing military trucks, passed prematurely beyond the veil, (de Bernières, 1994) He was the first to pass into the next world. (F. Richards, 1933)

    ... some strong healthy men have been unlucky enough to pass off this Ball of Clay in double-quick time since we have been at this station [in India]. (F. Richards, 1936).

    She murmured something sensitive just before she passed on. (Bradbury, 1976)

   It is mainly the devout who pass over, arriving on the banks of the Styx, the Jordan, the Great Divide, or wherever. You do not have to be gambler to pass in your checks. For all categories of passers, their passing is death:

    The Phelan grandchildren, like their parents, had attracted new pals and confidants since Troy's passing. (Grisham, 1999)

   2. an unsolicited sexual approach

   Usually by a male to a female he does not know well, from the reconnaissance before attacking:

    Too many passes had been made at it and it had grown a little too smart in dodging them. (Chandler, 1943, describing a woman's face)

   Occasionally of homosexuals:

    Burgess sought Rees out later earning a mild rebuff for 'making a tentative pass' at him. (Boyle, 1979)

   Although normally made, it seems that passes can also be thrown, as in football:

    Threw a pass. Yes, as a matter of fact he did. (Amis, 1988)