Pass offphrasal verb · pass
Meanings:
- To get rid of something deceptively by giving or selling it to someone as something else. To happen in a particular way
- Misrepresent something or someone,
Examples:
- He couldn't pass off the stone on the clever jeweler.
- The ceremony passed off without a problem, with the baby sleeping through most of it.
- Some dishonest merchants areable to pass off glass as a gemstone.
