Definition of pass off
Verb
to pass off (third-person singular simple present passes off, present participle passing off, simple past and past participle passed off)
- (intransitive) To happen.
The millennium passed off without any disasters.
- (transitive) To misrepresent something.
He tried to pass off the imitation Rolex as genuine.
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