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

Lehkonen collected the loose puck and took it the length of the ice before deflecting a centering pass off Kempe’s skate and by Forsberg for a short-handed goal, his second score of the series.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

“We didn’t pass off the full tariff, and we mitigated wherever we could.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

This grand old arena was not built for serene farewells, so a day of history and high emotion was never going to pass off quietly.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

He saw me coming and got the pass off to my man at the top of the key, and I turned and ran back to my man.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers