PASS OFF


Meaning of PASS OFF in English

pass off phrasal verb ( see also ↑ pass )

1 . pass off well/badly etc if an event passes off well, badly etc, it happens in that way:

The visit passed off without any serious incidents.

2 . pass somebody/something off as something to make people think that someone or something is another thing:

They bought up pieces of old furniture and passed them off as valuable antiques.

He passed himself off as a doctor.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.