PASS OFF AS


Meaning of PASS OFF AS in English

If you pass something off as another thing, you convince people that it is that other thing.

He passed himself off as a senior psychologist...

I’ve tried to pass off my accent as a convent school accent.

...horse meat being passed off as ground beef.

PHRASAL VERB : V n P P n , V P n (not pron) P n , be V-ed P P n (not pron)

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