pass off

Example Sentences

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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

She pointed out that it was “silly” that a 30-year-old man was trying pass off yelling at teenagers as “debate.”

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

Here is a selection of winners from recent years that you can pass off as your own in the pub later on:

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

Kelley Warburton scored on a 30-yard pass off a trick play early in the fourth quarter as the Huskies tried to fight back.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2024

“It’s my fault. I was rude to the interviewer,” I say, with what I try to pass off as penitence.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood