Pass+for
11pass for someone — pass for (someone/something) to appear to be someone or something else. A lot of what passes for humor these days is just anger expressed in the form of a joke. Although he s 35, he could still pass for a college student …
12pass for something — pass for (someone/something) to appear to be someone or something else. A lot of what passes for humor these days is just anger expressed in the form of a joke. Although he s 35, he could still pass for a college student …
13pass for something — ˈpass for/as sb/sth derived to be accepted as sb/sth • He speaks the language so well he could easily pass for a German. • We had some wine or what passes for wine in that area. Main entry: ↑passderived …
14pass for somebody — ˈpass for/as sb/sth derived to be accepted as sb/sth • He speaks the language so well he could easily pass for a German. • We had some wine or what passes for wine in that area. Main entry: ↑passderived …
15pass for — ► pass as/for be accepted as. Main Entry: ↑pass …
16pass for sth — UK US pass as/for sth/sb Phrasal Verb with pass({{}}/pɑːs/ US /pæs/ verb ► to appear to be something or someone else, or try to make others believe that they are: »These watches are good quality fakes, and would pass for the genuine article in a …
17pass for something — in. to pay for something; to treat someone by paying for something. □ Come on. Let’s go out. I’ll pass for dinner. □ I’ll pass for drinks if you want …
18ˈpass for sb/sth — phrasal verb to be accepted, wrongly, as being a particular type of person or thing He s nearly forty, but he could pass for twenty five.[/ex] …
19pass for — Synonyms and related words: act, act a part, act as, act out, answer for, ape, be accepted for, be regarded as, be taken as, copy, count for, do, enact, go as, go for, impersonate, make false pretenses, masquerade as, mime, mimic, pantomime, pass …
20pass for — See pass as …
