pass off

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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
- Somebody ----s PP
2. disregard (Freq. 1)
- She passed off the insult
• Hypernyms:
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount,
push aside, ignore
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
- She passed the glass off as diamonds
- He passed himself off as a secret agent
• Hypernyms:
pass, make pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. come to pass
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
• Syn:
happen, hap, go on, occur, pass,
fall out, come about, take place
• Derivationally related forms:
hap (for: hap), happening (for: happen)
• Hyponyms:
break, recrudesce, develop, arise, come up,
result, intervene, transpire, give, operate, supervene,
proceed, go, come, fall, anticipate, recur,
repeat, go off, come off, go over, come around, roll around,
happen, materialize, materialise, befall, bechance, betide,
concur, coincide, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance,
chance, strike, turn out, synchronize, synchronise,
contemporize, contemporise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- It ----s that CLAUSE
5. expel (gases or odors)
• Syn:
emit, breathe
• Derivationally related forms:
emission (for: emit)
• Hypernyms:
exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
• Hyponyms:
burp, bubble, belch, eruct, force out,
exhale, give forth, emanate, radiate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. disappear gradually
- The pain eventually passed off
• Syn:
evanesce, fade, blow over, fleet, pass
• Derivationally related forms:
passing (for: pass), evanescent (for: evanesce), evanescence (for: evanesce)
• Hypernyms:
disappear, vanish, go away
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP