I tried to pass it off

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• pass — pass1 [ pæs ] verb *** ▸ 1 go past something ▸ 2 move somewhere ▸ 3 be successful on test ▸ 4 give/let someone have something ▸ 5 spend time or be spent ▸ 6 kick/hit/throw ball to someone ▸ 7 make law, etc. official ▸ 8 be unable to answer ▸ 9… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pass off — verb 1. be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity (Freq. 1) She passed off as a Russian agent • Hypernyms: ↑look, ↑appear, ↑seem • Verb Frames: Something is ing PP …   Useful english dictionary

• pass off — phrasal verb Word forms pass off : present tense I/you/we/they pass off he/she/it passes off present participle passing off past tense passed off past participle passed off 1) pass someone/something off as something [transitive] to make people… …   English dictionary

• pass off — he tried to pass her off as his daughter Syn: misrepresent, falsely represent; disguise …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pass — 1 verb 1 GO PAST (I, T) to come up to a particular point or object and go past it: The crowd parted to let the truck pass. | They kept quiet until the soldiers had passed. | pass sb/sth: We passed each other on the staircase. | I pass the sports… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pass off as — PHRASAL VERB If you pass something off as another thing, you convince people that it is that other thing. [V n P P n] He passed himself off as a senior psychologist... [V P n (not pron) P n] I ve tried to pass off my accent as a convent school… …   English dictionary

• pass — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passare, from Latin passus step more at pace Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. move, proceed, go 2. a. to go away ; …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pass off — /ˌpɑ:s ɒf/ verb ♦ to pass something off as something else to pretend that something is another thing in order to cheat a customer ● She tried to pass off the wine as French, when in fact it came from outside the EU …   Marketing dictionary in english

• pass off — /ˌpɑ:s ɒf/ verb ♦ to pass something off as something else to pretend that something is another thing in order to cheat a customer ● She tried to pass off the wine as French, when in fact it came from outside the EU …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• pass off — verb a) To happen. The millennium passed off without any disasters. b) To misrepresent something. He tried to pass off the imitation Rolex as genuine …   Wiktionary

• Battle of the Kasserine Pass — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Kasserine Pass partof=The Tunisia Campaign caption=The 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army marches through the Kasserine Pass and on to Kasserine and Farriana, Tunisia.… …   Wikipedia