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Verb: pass off pãs óf- 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" - Cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
- Disappear gradually
"The pain eventually passed off" - evanesce, fade, blow over, fleet, pass - Come to pass
- happen, hap, go on, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place - Expel (gases or odours)
- emit, breathe
Derived forms: passes off, passing off, passed off Type of: 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 Encyclopedia: Pass off |