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English verb: pass off | |||
| 1. | pass off (perception) be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity | ||
| Samples | She passed off as a Russian agent. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, look, seem | ||
| 2. | pass off (communication) disregard | ||
| Samples | She passed off the insult. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | ||
| 3. | pass off (motion) cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity | ||
| Samples | She passed the glass off as diamonds. He passed himself off as a secret agent. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | make pass, pass | ||
| 4. | pass off (change) disappear gradually | ||
| Samples | The pain eventually passed off. | ||
| Synonyms | blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disappear, go away, vanish | ||
| 5. | pass off (change) come to pass | ||
| Samples | What is happening?. The meeting took place off without an incidence. Nothing occurred that seemed important. | ||
| Synonyms | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, take place | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, bechance, befall, befall, betide, break, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, develop, develop, fall, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, happen, intervene, materialise, materialize, operate, proceed, recoil, recrudesce, recur, repeat, result, roll around, shine, strike, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out | ||
| 6. | pass off (body) expel (gases or odors) | ||
| Synonyms | breathe, emit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | belch, bubble, bubble, burp, emanate, eruct, exhale, force out, give forth, radiate | ||
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