pass as/for sth/sb
— phrasal verb with pass uk/pɑːs/us/pæs/verb
to appear to be someone or something else, or to cause people to believe that you are someone or something else:
I really want to go and see the film, but I don't think I'd pass for 18.
Do you think this jacket and trousers will pass as a suit? They're almost the same colour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not believing
- are my eyes deceiving me? idiom
- as if! idiom
- authority
- believe
- believe sth when you see it idiom
- denial
- have something on good authority idiom
- I'll eat my hat idiom
- iconoclastic
- in your dreams! idiom
- incredulous
- joke
- Marines
- salt
- satisfied
- self-deception
- since when idiom
- take sth with a pinch of salt idiom
- tell me another one! idiom
- worship
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