pass off

Example Sentences

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The majority of students — 80% — say they would not use AI to submit classwork to pass off as their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“We didn’t pass off the full tariff, and we mitigated wherever we could.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Dobie also had a hand in Rowe's second-half try before collecting Van der Merwe's pass off the floor to sprint in for a well-deserved hat-trick.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

She pointed out that it was “silly” that a 30-year-old man was trying pass off yelling at teenagers as “debate.”

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

He won a homework pass off a lucky guess and he confused me in Scattergories.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea