My grandfather passed away yesterday. The funeral is this weekend.
Rachel passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Pass out has two meanings:
1. To lose consciousness He was so exhausted and dehydrated that he passed out. She passed out after drinking an entire bottle of wine.
2. To distribute The teacher passed out the worksheets to the students.
There’s a guy passing out brochures for the new café on the street corner.
pass the time / spend time Use spend time to talk about the time you do an activity:
I pass spend a lot of time reading.
We passed spent an hour discussing the best way to finish the project.
The expression pass the time is different – it means doing something to make the
time pass faster while you are waiting for something else: