Continue
Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: the heavy snow continued throughout the night
Pass
Pass verb - To come to an end.
Usage example: eventually, the storm passed
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He says that if Jackie faces him in a continuation of their previous duel in the Vault of Endless Night, he'll allow the rest of the J-Team to pass and continue their quest to stop Jade.
Source: I Am Your Opponent -
Both creatures live on opposite sides of a narrow ocean-pass, and he has to pass by one of them to continue.
Source: Scylla and Charybdis -
As a female born into a long family of detectives she's convinced that she'll never be able to continue the family tradition as a girl and tries to pass herself off as male until she's exposed.
Source: Heir Club for Men
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Pass and Continue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/pass
Continue & Pass. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/pass>.
Pass or Continue. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/pass.
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