pass off
Example Sentences
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When they try to pass off the stupid thing they said as a “joke.”
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
So the test of this state visit will not be how well the ceremonies, speeches and walk-abouts pass off.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Lehkonen collected the loose puck and took it the length of the ice before deflecting a centering pass off Kempe’s skate and by Forsberg for a short-handed goal, his second score of the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
“We didn’t pass off the full tariff, and we mitigated wherever we could.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
I soak it up into my pores during the day, and at night—in the moments before I pass off into sleep—ideas explode into my head like fireworks.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
