pass through

To move through a place, or to extend across it.

• We pass through the park every day.
• The road passes through a forest.
• Did you pass through customs without any problems?

How to use it: pass through somewhere (The train passes through several small villages.)

Similar words: go through, travel through

Common phrases: pass through a town, pass through a tunnel

To move something into and out of another thing or through an opening.

• Pass the thread through the needle.
• She passed the dough through the machine twice.
• Can you pass this wire through the hole?

How to use it: pass something through something (Pass the liquid through a clean filter.)

Similar words: feed through, put through

Common phrases: pass something through something, pass thread through something

To experience a period, stage, or difficult situation in your life.

• Children pass through many stages.
• She passed through a period of deep sadness.
• We have all passed through times of doubt.

How to use it: pass through something (The family passed through a difficult period.)

Similar words: go through, experience, undergo

Common phrases: pass through a phase, pass through difficult times

An opening in an inside wall, often used to move food from the kitchen to another room.

• The kitchen has a pass through.
• She put the plates on the pass through ledge.
• We added a pass through between the kitchen and dining room.

Similar words: serving hatch

Common phrases: kitchen pass through, pass through opening