pass off
Example Sentences
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Opposing offenses built entire game plans around them, knowing it would often take throwing two guys in their way to give the quarterback a chance of getting a pass off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
When they try to pass off the stupid thing they said as a “joke.”
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
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
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
