Usage examples with pass off

take from another and pass them off as one's own
اِنْتَحَلَ آراءَ مُؤَلّفٍ أو كِتاباتِهِ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The invasion was regarded as a temporary inundation that would speedily pass off.
en.wikipedia.org
Grandma, for example, tries to pass off her grandson to the younger woman.
en.wikipedia.org
These effects usually pass off in a few days.
en.wikipedia.org
Modern writers usually do not try to pass off their stories as facts.
en.wikipedia.org
With a diamond design border containing.65 per cent gold and 65 per cent silver, it can still pass off as brand new.
www.thehindu.com
I am sure the whole ritual will pass off as planned.
www.telegraph.co.uk
She tries in vain to pass off tired observations as radical aperus, subjective musings as generational truths, sappy suggestions as useful ideas.
en.wikipedia.org
Each take required one magazine of film, and the actors had to pass off dialogue from one person to another.
en.wikipedia.org
The producers were initially uneasy about the episode, as they feared that the purposely bad writing would pass off as actual bad writing.
en.wikipedia.org
It can pass off just as an average film.
en.wikipedia.org

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "pass off" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular