pass off

pass off

verb

Definition of PASS OFF

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable <the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire>

Synonyms fob off, palm, palm off, pass off, wish

Related Words entail, force, impose, inflict; counterfeit, fake, forge; distort, falsify, misrepresent