pass off

RELATED WORDS :

POS

Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

top

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb pass off has 6 senses

pass off(v = verb.perception) - be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent"

Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

pass off(v = verb.communication) - disregard; "She passed off the insult"

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

pass off(v = verb.motion) - 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

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

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

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE

pass off(v = verb.body) breathe, emit - expel (gases or odors);

is one way to discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

top

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.