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PASS OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expel (gases or odors)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "pass off" is one way to...):
discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release (eliminate (a substance))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass off"):
belch; bubble; burp; eruct (expel gas from the stomach)
force out (emit or cause to move with force of effort)
emanate; exhale; give forth (give out (breath or an odor))
radiate (send out real or metaphoric rays)
bubble (form, produce, or emit bubbles)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Come to pass
Example:
Nothing occurred that seemed important
Synonyms:
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pass off"):
come off; go off; go over (happen in a particular manner)
come around; roll around (happen regularly)
happen; materialise; materialize (come into being; become reality)
bechance; befall; happen (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance)
bechance; befall; betide (become of; happen to)
coincide; concur (happen simultaneously)
backfire; backlash; recoil (come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect)
chance (be the case by chance)
break (happen or take place)
fall; shine; strike (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly)
turn out (prove to be in the result or end)
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize (happen at the same time)
recur; repeat (happen or occur again)
develop (be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest)
anticipate (be a forerunner of or occur earlier than)
fall (occur at a specified time or place)
come (come to pass; arrive, as in due course)
go; proceed (follow a certain course)
supervene (take place as an additional or unexpected development)
give (occur)
transpire (come about, happen, or occur)
intervene (occur between other event or between certain points of time)
result (come about or follow as a consequence)
arise; come up (result or issue)
break; develop; recrudesce (happen)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
Meaning:
Disappear gradually
Example:
The pain eventually passed off
Synonyms:
blow over; evanesce; fade; fleet; pass; pass off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pass off" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Disregard
Example:
She passed off the insult
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "pass off" is one way to...):
brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
Example:
He passed himself off as a secret agent
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pass off" is one way to...):
make pass; pass (cause to pass)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity
Example:
She passed off as a Russian agent
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "pass off" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
