"pass off" meaning in English

See pass off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: passes off [present, singular, third-person], passing off [participle, present], passed off [participle, past], passed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pass off (third-person singular simple present passes off, present participle passing off, simple past and past participle passed off)
  1. (intransitive) To happen. Tags: intransitive Related terms: pass off as Translations (to happen): отшумявам (otšumjavam) (Bulgarian), kulua (Finnish), mennä (Finnish), transitar (Portuguese), suceder (Portuguese), avlöpa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pass_off-en-verb-26r04KJK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 7 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 65 10 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 11 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 70 8 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 8 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 61 7 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 69 9 22 Disambiguation of 'to happen': 97 0 3
  2. (transitive) To give something (to someone). Tags: transitive Translations (to give something): ojentaa (Finnish), luovuttaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pass_off-en-verb-~ASlTXX5 Disambiguation of 'to give something': 0 100 0
  3. To abate, to cease gradually. Translations (to abate, to cease): esclarecer (Portuguese), проходи́ть (proxodítʹ) [imperfective, neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pass_off-en-verb-QcACcY~5 Disambiguation of 'to abate, to cease': 4 0 96

Inflected forms

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