if an event passes off in a particular way, it happens in that way
same as pass
to make people believe that a person or thing is something else
Aaron Keller dragged the puck across the blue line and passed off to Kuji.
And if he got the bill of sale out of your hands, he had some lesser works he was going to pass off to your lawyer as your'art investment.
He put on an old blue suit, intending to pass himself off as a businessman.
The protest march passed off without any serious trouble.
The watches are fakes, but they tried to pass them off as genuine Rolexes.
passes off
passing off
passed off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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