pass off

Verb

Meaning

expel (gases or odors)

disappear gradually

come to pass

disregard

cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity

be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hap occur pass fleet happen emit breathe fade take place fall out evanesce go on peacock palm come
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Antonyms

see last make maintain eye progress
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Hypernyms

appear release pass look seem discharge

Hyponyms

result come give fall turn-out develop

Examples

Woman" in the abstract is young, and, we assume, charming. As they get older they pass off the stage, somehow, into private ownership mostly, or out of it altogether. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison. Paul Goodman

Dogma is intended for, and suited to, the great mass of the human race; and as such it can contain merely allegorical truth that it nevertheless has to pass off as truth sensu proprio [in the proper sense]. Arthur Schopenhauer

No, I don't think you understand just how stupid goblins are. Let me give you an example. One of the B'wa Kell generals, and this is their top fairy, was caught caught trying to pass off forged credit slips by signing his own name. Eoin Colfer

A huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd for pepper, has not learned his trade. German Proverb

Pass off a fish eye for a pearl. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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