pass (someone or something) off as (someone or something)orpass off (someone or something) as (someone or something):to cause people to wrongly believe that someone or something is someone or something else使人誤認爲;冒充
amateurs passing themselves off as professionals冒充專業人士的業餘愛好者
He managed to pass himself off as the son of the famous actor.他設法冒充成這位知名演員的兒子!
She passed the poem off as her own.她把這首詩說成是她寫的。
They tried to pass it off as an original painting, but I suspected it was a copy.他們極力把這幅畫說成是原作,但我懷疑是複制品。
a cheap piece of glass passed off as a diamond一塊冒充鑽石的廉價玻璃
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British:to happen or take place in a particular way發生;進行
The event passed off [=went off] with no major incidents.事情過去了,沒發生什麽大的變故。