pass off
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Definitions
Verb
be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent"
Verb
disregard; "She passed off the insult"
Verb
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"
Verb
disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
Verb
come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Verb
expel (gases or odors)
Synonyms
blow over
breathe
come about
emit
evanesce
fade
fall out
fleet
go on
hap
happen
occur
pass
take place
More General Terms
appear
brush aside
brush off
disappear
discharge
discount
dismiss
disregard
eject
exhaust
expel
go away
ignore
look
make pass
pass
push aside
release
seem
vanish
More Specific Terms
anticipate
arise
backfire
backlash
bechance
befall
belch
betide
break
bubble
burp
chance
coincide
come
come around
come off
come up
concur
contemporise
contemporize
develop
emanate
eruct
exhale
fall
force out
give
give forth
go
go off
go over
happen
intervene
materialise
materialize
operate
proceed
radiate
recoil
recrudesce
recur
repeat
result
roll around
shine
strike
supervene
synchronise
synchronize
transpire
turn out