"pass off as" meaning in All languages combined

See pass off as on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: passes off as [present, singular, third-person], passing off as [participle, present], passed off as [participle, past], passed off as [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pass off as (third-person singular simple present passes off as, present participle passing off as, simple past and past participle passed off as)
  1. (transitive) To misrepresent something as. Tags: transitive Translations (to misrepresent as): представям се за (predstavjam se za) (Bulgarian), akceptigi (Esperanto), esittää (Finnish), tarjota (Finnish), faire passer pour (French), passar (Portuguese), выдать себя за (vydatʹ sebja za) [perfective] (Russian), выдавать себя за (vydavatʹ sebja za) [imperfective] (Russian), pasar como (Spanish), pasar por (Spanish), yutturmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pass off as meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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      "word": "представям се за"
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      "sense": "to misrepresent as",
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      "sense": "to misrepresent as",
      "word": "esittää"
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      "sense": "to misrepresent as",
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