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passed off

VERB

give because one does not want it

Synonyms

WEAK

eject foist make a pretense of palm palm off send forth work off

Antonyms

WEAK

keep maintain

Example Sentences

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Returning to the race in the lead, Antonelli was ordered by the team to give the place back because he had passed off the track.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

A man who operated a biolab in Reedley was convicted Tuesday of fraudulently selling $3.8 million worth of COVID-19 tests that he obtained from China and passed off to customers as being American-made.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The head of Benin's electoral commission, Sacca Lafia, said the election had passed off peacefully, although an electoral monitoring platform set up by civil society groups reported around one hundred incident "alerts".

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr pointed to the example of Europe now being "cut off" from the Philippines as the continent's airlines had passed off the route to the now-grounded Gulf airlines.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

At Deutsche Bank they were passed off to a twenty-three-year-old bond salesman who had never had a customer of his own.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis