what does pass off mean?
PASS OFF as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) pass off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
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- The pain eventually passed off
Hypernyms(s) pass off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- She passed off the insult
Hypernyms(s) pass off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
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- She passed the glass off as diamonds
- He passed himself off as a secret agent
Hypernyms(s) pass off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
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- She passed off as a Russian agent
Hypernyms(s) pass off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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