pass off

1. 1

   (verb) expel (gases or odors)

2. 2

   (verb) come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

3. 3

   (verb) disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"

4. 4

   (verb) disregard; "She passed off the insult"

5. 5

   (verb) 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"

6. 6

   (verb) be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent"

syn. emit · breathe · happen · hap · go on · occur · pass · fall out · come about · take place · evanesce · fade

WordNet 3.1