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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pass off

1	v	cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
2	v	come to pass
3	v	disappear gradually
4	v	disregard
5	v	expel (gases or odors)

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pass off

v cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity

Type of:: make pass, pass
cause to pass

v be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity

“She passed off as a Russian agent”

Type of:: appear, look, seem
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

v come to pass

Synonyms:: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, take place

Types:: show 36 types...; hide 36 types...; break, develop, recrudesce
happen; arise, come up
result or issue; result
come about or follow as a consequence; intervene
occur between other event or between certain points of time; transpire
come about, happen, or occur; give
occur; operate
happen; supervene
take place as an additional or unexpected development; go, proceed
follow a certain course; come
come to pass; arrive, as in due course; fall
occur at a specified time or place; anticipate
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; develop
be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; recur, repeat
happen or occur again; come off, go off, go over
happen in a particular manner; come around, roll around
happen regularly; happen, materialise, materialize
come into being; become reality; bechance, befall, happen
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; bechance, befall, betide
become of; happen to; coincide, concur
happen simultaneously; backfire, backlash, recoil
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; chance
be the case by chance; break
happen or take place; fall, shine, strike
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; turn out
prove to be in the result or end; contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize
happen at the same time; drag, drag on, drag out
proceed for an extended period of time; descend, fall, settle
come as if by falling; iterate
run or be performed again; cycle
recur in repeating sequences; condense
develop due to condensation; appear, come out
be issued or published; open, open up
become available; happen
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; come, do, fare, get along, make out
proceed or get along; come up
be mentioned

v disappear gradually

Synonyms:: blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass

Type of:: disappear, go away, vanish
get lost, as without warning or explanation

v disregard

“She passed off the insult”

Type of:: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside
bar from attention or consideration

v expel (gases or odors)

Synonyms:: breathe, emit

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; belch, bubble, burp, eruct
expel gas from the stomach; force out
emit or cause to move with force of effort; emanate, exhale, give forth
give out (breath or an odor); radiate
send out real or metaphoric rays; bubble
form, produce, or emit bubbles; effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle
become bubbly or frothy or foaming

Type of:: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release
eliminate (a substance)

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