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To misrepresent oneself or something
“Securing herself a post in service at the age of nine, she learned the skills needed to pass herself off as a lady.”
To attempt to pass something (undesirable or shoddy) off to others
“Last year, there was a big stink when someone on eBay tried to pass off a chicken vertebra as one of her little bones.”
To happen or occur
“The event did not always pass off as planned.”
To disappear or fade away
“They adopted a superior air toward the young oblate, and told her patronizingly that she was just going through a phase that would eventually pass off.”
(masquerade as) To pretend to be someone one is not
To behave affectedly, especially in order to impress others
To give a false or misleading account of the nature of
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