pass off

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

They add that the US "is NOT going to pass off illegal aliens seeking asylum from our country to Canada and vice versa. This is part of being good neighbors and partners".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

In Monday’s interview, he tried to pass off this turnabout as obvious, as if he had believed it all along.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2024

Some who are infected might pass off their symptoms simply as a cold or allergies when it could be the start of a COVID-19 illness.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

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

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea