cross over
verbEtymology * (to die): From the belief that the soul of the dead crosses over a river (as the Jordan or Styx) when one dies.
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To pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another.
- To reach the other bank of the river, we tried crossing over on a log.
- Not many actors are so easily able to cross over from television to film.
1 more example
- The water tank at the up platform was under repair, so the engine had been crossed over to the down line, and was taking water from the tank at the north end of the down platform.1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
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Euphemistic To die.
- Sarah's grandmother crossed over last night.