 pass_off |
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| 1. | [ verb ] disregard | |
| Examples: | "She passed off the insult" |
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| Related terms: | dismiss | |
| 2. | [ verb ] be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity | |
| Examples: | : "She passed off as a Russian agent" |
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| Related terms: | look | |
| 3. | [ verb ] come to pass | |
| Synonyms: | happen occur take_place go_on pass come_about hap | |
| Examples: | "What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
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| Related terms: | come anticipate happen work turn_out proceed happen arise recur concur develop befall fall fall chance go_off synchronize break give supervene come_around transpire break | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity | |
| Examples: | "She passed the glass off as diamonds" "He passed himself off as a secret agent" |
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| Related terms: | pass | |
| 5. | [ verb ] disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example | |
| Synonyms: | fade pass fleet blow_over evanesce | |
| Examples: | "The pain eventually passed off" |
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| Related terms: | disappear passing | |
| 6. | [ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in | |
| Synonyms: | happen take_place go_on pass come_about anticipate fall_out hap occur | |
| Examples: | : "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
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| Related terms: | happen come happen work turn_out proceed happen arise recur concur develop befall fall fall chance go_off anticipate intervene break give transpire supervene break come_around synchronize happening hap | |
| 7. | [ verb ] have as a by-product | |
| Synonyms: | emit give_off breathe | |
| Examples: | "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities" |
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| Related terms: | have discharge bubble burp radiate exhale force_out emission | |
| Similar spelling: |
piss_off pass_up pass_by |
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