pass+off
21pass off — he tried to pass her off as his daughter Syn: misrepresent, falsely represent; disguise …
22pass off — PHRASAL VERB If an event passes off without any trouble, it happens and ends without any trouble. [V P adv/prep] The main demonstration passed off peacefully... [V P adv/prep] The event passed off without any major incidents …
23pass off — 1) sell or give something by false claims, offer something as genuine The man passed off the diamond watch as a real one and received much more money than it was worth 2) claim to be someone one is not, pretend to be someone else He passed… …
24pass off — happen or be carried through in a specified (usually satisfactory) way. → pass …
25pass off — to happen in a particular way. The ceremony passed off without a problem, with the baby sleeping through most of it …
26pass off — Palm, palm off, impose by trick, impose fraudulently …
27To pass off — Pass Pass, v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to… …
28To pass off — Pass Pass, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Passed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Passing}.] [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay open. See {Pace}.] 1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one… …
29pass off — transitive verb Date: 1681 1. to make public or offer for sale with intent to deceive 2. to give a false identity or character to …
30pass off — end, be terminated, finish; cheat, deceive …
