Travel
pass through
visit briefly while travelling
To pass through a place means to travel through it on the way to somewhere else, sometimes stopping briefly.
Hear it in real life
Are you staying in town for long?
Just one night—we're passing through on our way north.
We were passing through Hanoi, so we stopped for lunch before driving on.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We passed through Hanoi on our way to the coast, without entering the city.
Say: We passed through Hanoi on our way to the coast, stopping for lunch.
“Pass through” means going into and across a place; without entering it, say “pass by.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
pass through a place; be passing through a place
Your turn: say it out loud
We were passing through Hanoi, so we stopped for lunch before driving on.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
pass through
visit briefly while travelling
“We were passing through Hanoi, so we stopped for lunch before driving on.”
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