pass as

phrasal verb

passed as; passing as; passes as
1
: to cause people to believe that one is (someone or something that one is not)
He thought he could pass as an adult.
2
: to be accepted or regarded as (something)
the ancient practices that once passed as science

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Senior quarterback Emmett Dowling completes 25 of 43 passes for 382 yards and four TDs and hits Quentin Burrell for the winning 2-point conversion pass as Mount Carmel tops Moeller 43-42 in Ohio. Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 Jones showed such promise for New England early in his career, intercepting two passes as a rookie fourth-round pick out of Arizona State in 2022. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025 Jess Goldberg, Stone Butch Blues’ protagonist, is forced to pass as a man for safety due to the dangers of being an openly gender non-conforming person in the 1950s and ’60s. Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025 For someone who loves storytelling—fictions that are meant to pass as truth (or at least, emotionally truthful)—a film or TV set is a hypnotic, addictive place to be. Jane Ciabattari august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pass as

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