Pass off - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpæs ˈɒf|
Brit.  |pɑːs ɒf|

verb

- be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
- disregard
- cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
- disappear gradually (syn: blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass)
- come to pass (syn: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass)
- expel (gases or odors) (syn: breathe, emit)

Extra examples

The pain was severe to begin with, but soon passed off.

The storm should pass off before dark.

The meeting passed off well.

He passed himself off as a doctor.

The police caught him for passing off false money.

He passed off the difficult question.

...the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire...

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