pass off

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o ato de fazer algo passar por outra coisa, geralmente com intenção de enganar, ou de conseguir que algo seja aceito como autêntico.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of pretending that something is something else, often to deceive, or to cause something to be accepted as genuine.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Pretend or misrepresentinformal

   To present something or someone falsely as being something else.

   Fazer passar por

   • He tried to pass off the fake painting as an original.
   • She passed herself off as a doctor to gain access.
   • They passed off the cheap wine as a vintage bottle.

   Sinônimosdisguisefalsifyfob offimpersonatemasquerademisrepresentpalm offposepretend

2. Gradually disappearinformal

   To fade away or cease gradually.

   Passar gradualmente

   • The pain in my shoulder passed off after a few hours.
   • The storm passed off without causing much damage.
   • Her anger passed off once she understood the situation.

   Sinônimosdie outdiminishdissipatedwindleevaporatefadesubsidewane

   Antônimoscontinueendurepersistremain

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