Definition of pass_off - WordReference.com Dictionary

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pass_off
A	verb
	1	emit, breathe, pass off
			expel (gases or odors)
		Category Tree: discharge; expel; eject; release ╚emit, breathe, pass off ╚bubble ╚radiate ╚exhale; give forth; emanate ╚force out ╚burp; bubble; belch; eruct
	2	happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
			come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

	3	evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
			disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
		Category Tree: disappear; vanish; go away ╚evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
	4	pass off
			disregard; "She passed off the insult"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚reject ╚dismiss; disregard; brush aside; brush off; discount; push aside; ignore ╚pass off
	5	pass off
			cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity; "She passed the glass off as diamonds"; "He passed himself off as a secret agent"
		Category Tree: pass; make pass ╚pass off
	6	pass off
			be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent"
		Category Tree: be ╚look; appear; seem ╚pass off

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