pass through

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^[1], 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.

• passer-through

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.