from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pass off
v 1: be accepted as something or somebody in a false character
or identity; "She passed off as a Russian agent"
2: disregard; "She passed off the insult"
3: cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or
identity; "She passed the glass off as diamonds"; "He passed
himself off as a secret agent"
4: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
{evanesce}, {fade}, {blow over}, {pass off}, {fleet}, {pass}]
5: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off},
{occur}, {pass}, {fall out}, {come about}, {take place}]
6: expel (gases or odors) [syn: {emit}, {breathe}, {pass off}]