pass off

as in to wish
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

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Recent Examples of pass off The indictment also accused him of intentionally submitting checks drawn on insufficient funds and allegedly passing off another person’s Internet Movie Database Page as his own to convince one victim of his industry bona fides. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 Wilted lettuce doused in watery dressing passed off as salads. Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025 Wilted lettuce doused in watery dressing passed off as salads. Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025 Wilted lettuce doused in watery dressing passed off as salads. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pass off
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Verb
  • Bookout, 33, wished her ex and Conner well when the pair announced Conner's pregnancy.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Adugna wished all parents strength and wisdom in guiding their daughters.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • In its lawsuit, Ryan LLC argued that the noncompete ban would inflict irreparable harm by enabling its employees to leave for the competition, potentially taking with them valuable skills and information gained on the job.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But most people, when presented with images of immense and deliberately inflicted human suffering, have a human response.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Markel’s parents asked the judge to impose the harshest possible penalty.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Also Thursday, the judge agreed to impose an order barring Drummond and lawyers from talking to the media about the case.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The unique shape helps keep your palm off the table while offering a spot for your thumb to rest.
    Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 9 May 2025
  • And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
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  • Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • While attempting to film his daughter's dance, Miguel Angel Michel, 66, couldn't control his feet and eventually fobbed off his phone altogether, earning 4.2 million views on TikTok.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Slicing this way makes the lemons easier to palm.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The result was the same — chaos in the six-yard box that restricted Altay Bayindir, who palmed the ball straight onto Calafiori’s forehead.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Pass off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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