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come to pass
Nothing occurred that seemed important
What is happening?
The meeting took place off without an incidence -
cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
He passed himself off as a secret agent
She passed the glass off as diamonds -
disappear gradually
The pain eventually passed off - expel (gases or odors)
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be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
She passed off as a Russian agent -
disregard
She passed off the insult
How To Use pass off In A Sentence
- Will people want to honour her, as they did then, or will the extended bank holiday designated for this purpose simply pass off as a pleasant break?
- The people in the mosk recited the afternoon prayer without my knowing it, and now I have a mind to get an hour's sleep, probably I shall find repose for the body, and what I suffer will pass off. Arabian nights. English
- And worse still, what Starbucks tries to pass off as chai is nothing like the chai that any Indian knows and loves. Boing Boing: July 10, 2005 - July 16, 2005 Archives
- The dealer was trying to pass off fakes as valuable antiques.
- The storm should pass off before dark.
- The storm should pass off before dark.
- I often get headaches, but they seem to pass off in a little while.
- Four others were nabbed two months ago when they were trying to pass off fake money to a disguised police officer.
- At times like these I wish for the old pot belly stove by Margaret Bassett on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008 at 7: 33: 32 PM donny and brian pass off the crap by io on Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 at 2: 40: 36 AM A word about Easter Island and other calamitous feedback loops
- I just took an undyed ball and hoped it would pass off for ‘taupe’.
