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Pass off Common

Pass off has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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

"She passed off as a Russian agent"

2

disregard

"She passed off the insult"

3

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"

4

disappear gradually

"The pain eventually passed off"

5

come to pass

"What is happening?"

"The meeting took place off without an incidence"

"Nothing occurred that seemed important"

6

expel (gases or odors)

7

To happen.

Example Sentences
"She passed off as a Russian agent" verb
"She passed off the insult" verb
"She passed the glass off as diamonds" verb
"He passed himself off as a secret agent" verb
"The pain eventually passed off" verb
"What is happening?" verb
"The meeting took place off without an incidence" verb
"Nothing occurred that seemed important" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
look dismiss pass disappear exhaust
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
break arise result intervene transpire give supervene proceed come fall anticipate develop recur go off come around happen befall concur backfire chance turn out synchronize burp force out exhale radiate bubble
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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