pass off
Example Sentences
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When they try to pass off the stupid thing they said as a “joke.”
From Salon • May 20, 2026
The majority of students — 80% — say they would not use AI to submit classwork to pass off as their own.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
“We didn’t pass off the full tariff, and we mitigated wherever we could.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
They add that the US "is NOT going to pass off illegal aliens seeking asylum from our country to Canada and vice versa. This is part of being good neighbors and partners".
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
In the process of trying to wash out Ammu’s forbidden kohl, they had smudged it all over their eyes, and on the whole looked like three raccoons trying to pass off as Hindu ladies.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
