What is the meaning of pass off?

verb

  • Be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity.
    • usage: "She passed off as a Russian agent"
  • Disregard.
    • usage: "She passed off the insult"
  • Cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity.
    • usage: "She passed the glass off as diamonds"; "He passed himself off as a secret agent"
  • Disappear gradually.
    • usage: "The pain eventually passed off"
  • Come to pass.
    • usage: "What is happening"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
  • Expel (gases or odors. ).
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APAWordNet. (2010). pass off. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/pass_off/definitions/1300619
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