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Pass Off (Verb)

Meaning 1

Disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

  • As the storm clouds moved away, the strong wind began to pass off, returning a sense of calm to the area.
  • Over time, the initial excitement of buying a new house started to pass off, replaced by the harsh reality of mortgage payments.
  • The initial soreness from the injury eventually passed off, allowing her to return to her normal routine.
  • The fear of darkness in the room began to pass off as she grew accustomed to it, and she soon drifted off to sleep.
  • As the days went by, the sadness from the breakup began to pass off, and she found herself smiling again.

Synonyms

  • Pass
  • Blow Over
  • Fleet
  • Fade
  • Evanesce

Hypernyms

  • Go Away
  • Disappear
  • Vanish

Meaning 2

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..

Synonyms

  • Hap
  • Pass
  • Come About
  • Go On
  • Occur
  • Fall Out
  • Take Place
  • Happen

Hyponyms

  • 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 3

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.

Hypernyms

  • Make Pass

Meaning 4

Expel (gases or odors).

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

  • Emit
  • Breathe

Hypernyms

  • Eject
  • Discharge
  • Release
  • Exhaust

Hyponyms

  • Exhale
  • Eruct
  • Give Forth
  • Radiate
  • Force Out
  • Burp
  • Bubble

Meaning 5

Disregard; "She passed off the insult".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

  • Disregard
  • Push Aside
  • Ignore
  • Brush Aside
  • Brush Off
  • Discount

Meaning 6

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.

Examples

  • He tried to pass off as a millionaire but everyone knew he was actually broke.
  • The fake doctor was able to pass off as a qualified medical professional for months before being caught.
  • She passed off as a experienced consultant but her lack of knowledge was evident in the meeting.
  • The skillful thief was able to pass off as a delivery man and steal valuables from the house.
  • He failed to pass off as a sober person after a night of heavy drinking and was arrested.

Hypernyms

  • Appear
  • Seem
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