pass off
Example Sentences
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So the test of this state visit will not be how well the ceremonies, speeches and walk-abouts pass off.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Just down the street from the shipyard, Groton resident Autumn Gardiner rents an apartment that she’d love to pass off to a new Electric Boat employee after she buys a home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 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
In Monday’s interview, he tried to pass off this turnabout as obvious, as if he had believed it all along.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2024
It starts quietly enough, a whisper I can pass off as the wind, a scrape that sounds like the echo of my footsteps on the cracked ground.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
