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pass off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb pass off has 6 senses
- pass off(v = verb.perception) Array - be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent" is one way to appear, look, seem
- pass off(v = verb.communication) Array - disregard; "She passed off the insult" is one way to brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside
- pass off(v = verb.motion) Array - 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" is one way to make pass, pass
- pass off(v = verb.change) blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" is one way to disappear, go away, vanish
- pass off(v = verb.change) come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, take place - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" Sample sentences:
- pass off(v = verb.body) breathe, emit - expel (gases or odors); Array is one way to discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release
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Something is ----ing PP
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Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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It ----s that CLAUSE
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Somebody ----s something
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ROGET THESAURUS
pass off
The Past
VB be past, have expired, have run its course, have had its day, pass, pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off, lapse, blow over, look back, trace back, cast the eyes back, exhume.Eventuality
VB happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.
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