pass off

v 1: be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or

identity: "She passed off as a Russian agent"

2: disregard; "She passed off the insult"

3: cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or

identity; "She passed the glass off as diamonds"; "He

passed himself off as a secret agent"

4: disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain

eventually passed off" [syn: {evanesce}, {fade}, {blow

over}, {fleet}, {pass}]

5: come to pass; occur: "What is happening?"; "The meeting took

place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that

seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {occur},

{pass}, {come about}, {take place}]

6: expel, as of gases and odors [syn: {emit}, {breathe}, {give

off}]