pass off
Example Sentences
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Just down the street from the shipyard, Groton resident Autumn Gardiner rents an apartment that she’d love to pass off to a new Electric Boat employee after she buys a home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Fraudsters could theoretically attempt to pass off a different insect species as one of those four.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
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
Kelley Warburton scored on a 30-yard pass off a trick play early in the fourth quarter as the Huskies tried to fight back.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2024
Townsfolk regularly tried to pass off halfdead or gingered up nags to us, knowing that by the time we discovered our mistakes we’d be miles and days away.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
