They were trying to pass off these shirts as genuine Armani.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
pass sth off as sth — UK US pass sth/sb off as sth/sb Phrasal Verb with pass({{}}/pɑːs/ US /pæs/ verb ► to try to make people believe that someone or something is other than what they are: »They were trying to pass off these shirts as genuine Armani … Financial and business terms
pass sb/sth off as sth — UK US pass sth/sb off as sth/sb Phrasal Verb with pass({{}}/pɑːs/ US /pæs/ verb ► to try to make people believe that someone or something is other than what they are: »They were trying to pass off these shirts as genuine Armani … Financial and business terms
pass sb off as sb/sth — UK US pass sth/sb off as sth/sb Phrasal Verb with pass({{}}/pɑːs/ US /pæs/ verb ► to try to make people believe that someone or something is other than what they are: »They were trying to pass off these shirts as genuine Armani … Financial and business terms
pass sb off as sb — UK US pass sth/sb off as sth/sb Phrasal Verb with pass({{}}/pɑːs/ US /pæs/ verb ► to try to make people believe that someone or something is other than what they are: »They were trying to pass off these shirts as genuine Armani … Financial and business terms
ˌpass sb/sth ˈoff as sth — phrasal verb to make people believe that a person or thing is something else He put on a suit, intending to pass himself off as a businessman.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pass somebody off as somebody — ˌpass sb/yourself/sth ˈoff as sb/sth derived to pretend that sb/sth is sth they are not • He escaped by passing himself off as a guard. Main entry: ↑passderived … Useful english dictionary
pass yourself off as somebody — ˌpass sb/yourself/sth ˈoff as sb/sth derived to pretend that sb/sth is sth they are not • He escaped by passing himself off as a guard. Main entry: ↑passderived … Useful english dictionary
pass something off as somebody — ˌpass sb/yourself/sth ˈoff as sb/sth derived to pretend that sb/sth is sth they are not • He escaped by passing himself off as a guard. Main entry: ↑passderived … Useful english dictionary
pass somebody off as something — ˌpass sb/yourself/sth ˈoff as sb/sth derived to pretend that sb/sth is sth they are not • He escaped by passing himself off as a guard. Main entry: ↑passderived … Useful english dictionary
pass yourself off as something — ˌpass sb/yourself/sth ˈoff as sb/sth derived to pretend that sb/sth is sth they are not • He escaped by passing himself off as a guard. Main entry: ↑passderived … Useful english dictionary
