If an event passes off without any trouble, it happens and ends without any trouble.
The main demonstration passed off peacefully. [VERBPARTICLE adverb/preposition]
The event passed off without any major incidents. [VERBPARTICLE adverb/preposition]
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pass off in British English
verb(adverb)
1.
to be or cause to be accepted or circulated in a false character or identity
he passed the fake diamonds off as real
2. (intransitive)
to come to a gradual end; disappear
eventually the pain passed off
3.
to emit (a substance) as a gas or vapour, or (of a substance) to be emitted in this way
4. (intransitive)
to take place
the meeting passed off without disturbance
5. (transitive)
to set aside or disregard
I managed to pass off his insult
pass off in American English
1.
to come to an end; cease
2.
to take place; go through, as a transaction
3.
to be accepted or cause to be accepted as genuine, true, etc., esp. through deceit
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Examples of 'pass off' in a sentence
pass off
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.
Susan Isaacs AFTER ALL THESE YEARS (1993)
Chinese translation of 'pass off'
pass off
vi
[event, demonstration]完成 (wánchéng)
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Nearby words of
pass off
pass away
pass by
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pass on
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All related terms of 'pass off'
pass off as
( person, object ) 冒充作 màochōng zuò ⇒ She passed him off as her young brother. → 她把他冒充作自己的弟弟。 Tā bǎ tā màochōng zuò zìjǐ de dìdi. ⇒ horse meat passed off as beef → 将马肉假冒作牛肉 jiāng mǎròu jiǎmào zuò niúròu