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[ verb ] disregard
Examples "She passed off the insult" Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)But there were other homesteaders who passed the Lewis murder off as a personal grudge killing , the work of one of his neighbors . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
Examples : "She passed off as a Russian agent" Used in print (A. A. Fair, Bachelors Get Lonely....)If he does , it 's still better than an even_chance he won n't notice the transposition of the numbers , and if he should notice it , the thing can be passed_off as an honest mistake . Related terms |
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[ verb ] come to pass
Synonyms Examples "What is happening?" "The meeting took place off without an incidence" "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
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[ verb ] cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
Examples "She passed the glass off as diamonds" "He passed himself off as a secret agent" Related terms |
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[ verb ] be a forerunner of or occur earlier than, as in
Synonyms happen take_place go_on pass come_about anticipate fall_out hap occur Examples : "This composition anticipates Impressionism" |
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