Pass Off (Verb)
Meaning 1
Disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 3
Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Coincide
- Result
- Materialize
- Befall
- Backfire
- Chance
- Develop
- Come Up
- Strike
- Repeat
- Anticipate
- Arise
- Intervene
- Concur
- Recrudesce
- Go
- Roll Around
- Shine
- Contemporize
- Go Over
- Give
- Supervene
- Proceed
- Fall
- Betide
- Go Off
- Synchronize
- Happen
- Bechance
- Recoil
- Turn Out
- Synchronise
- Materialise
- Break
- Come Around
- Come
- Recur
- Transpire
- Come Off
- Backlash
Meaning 4
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".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 5
Expel (gases or odors).
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 6
Disregard; "She passed off the insult".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.