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"
- synonyms: happen, hap, go on, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
- Expel (gases or odors. ).
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