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a) To happen.
The millennium passed off without any disasters.
b) To misrepresent something.He tried to pass off the imitation Rolex as genuine.
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pass off — vt 1: to make public or offer for sale (goods or services) with intent to deceive: palm off passing his product off as that of the plaintiff s W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton see also … Law dictionary
pass off — [v] give because one does not want it eject, foist, make a pretense of*, palm, palm off*, send forth, work off; concept 108 Ant. keep, maintain … New thesaurus
pass off — ► pass off 1) happen or be carried through in a specified (usually satisfactory) way. 2) evade or lightly dismiss (an awkward remark). Main Entry: ↑pass … English terms dictionary
pass off as — ► pass off as falsely represent (something) as. Main Entry: ↑pass … English terms dictionary
pass off — verb 1. be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity (Freq. 1) She passed off as a Russian agent • Hypernyms: ↑look, ↑appear, ↑seem • Verb Frames: Something is ing PP … Useful english dictionary
pass off — phrasal verb Word forms pass off : present tense I/you/we/they pass off he/she/it passes off present participle passing off past tense passed off past participle passed off 1) pass someone/something off as something [transitive] to make people… … English dictionary
pass off — v. (d; refl., tr.) to pass off as (he passed himself off as a doctor) * * * [ pɑːs ɒf] (d;refl.,tr.) to pass offas (he pass offed himself off as a doctor) … Combinatory dictionary
pass off as — PHRASAL VERB If you pass something off as another thing, you convince people that it is that other thing. [V n P P n] He passed himself off as a senior psychologist... [V P n (not pron) P n] I ve tried to pass off my accent as a convent school… … English dictionary
pass off — /ˌpɑ:s ɒf/ verb ♦ to pass something off as something else to pretend that something is another thing in order to cheat a customer ● She tried to pass off the wine as French, when in fact it came from outside the EU … Marketing dictionary in english
pass off — /ˌpɑ:s ɒf/ verb ♦ to pass something off as something else to pretend that something is another thing in order to cheat a customer ● She tried to pass off the wine as French, when in fact it came from outside the EU … Dictionary of banking and finance
