How to Use pass off in a Sentence

pass off

verb

• Makes the short saucer pass off both sides of the blade so well.
  — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Then, the egg is passed off to a teammate who takes their turn.
  — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
• In the show, Halina uses coats to trade and pass off as Aryan.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2024
• So then that gets passed off to a doctor who comes up with a plan for you.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 8 Mar. 2024
• Before, Almeria would be passed off as part of the Wild West.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 3 July 2023
• On the next trip, Howard used a screen to get to the lane, faked a floater, and again dropped the pass off, this time for a Will Tschetter layup.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2023
• Mayfield booted left and dropped a pass off to him short.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2020
• The siege of civilians and other war crimes must not be passed off in euphemisms.
  — Annie Sparrow, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2017
• What’s more, trying to pass off a pet as a service animal is against the law in some states.
  — Sue Carlton Tampa Bay Times (tns), al, 18 Aug. 2023
• Gardner-Johnson came down with a tipped pass off the hands of Mike Evans and returned the ball to the Tampa 41, leading to a field goal.
  — Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024
• One fastbreak featured Ramey lobbing a pass off the glass to Sims, who hammered a dunk with enough force to rattle the back-board.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2021
• Matt Judon lays a hit on Baker Mayfield after Mayfield got the pass off.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2021
• With a goal earlier in the period, Gibson received a pass off the wall in the right corner.
  — Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• According to crew chief James Capers, who was asked about the play by a pool reporter, the pass off the backboard was legal.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2022
• But the first-time starter got the pass off into the rush and connected with Columbus native Lorenzo Styles for 54 yards.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
• It was done incredibly well and Mr. Bernstein was too sincere and too able for it to be passed off as a mere stunt.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2024
• In the first half, Goff threw a horrible interception, flinging the pass off his back foot and across his body.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2020
• On 3rd and short Gronowski faked a quarterback run and dumped a pass off to H-back Mike Morgan, who ran 44 yards for a touchdown.
  — Matt Zimmer, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2023
• Just 14 minutes in, Concord-Carlisle’s Deco Siefer controlled a pass off a corner kick and scored on a bullet to the bottom right of the net.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
• But zoos in China have courted public ridicule in the past for trying to pass off pets like dogs as wild animals.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• Far too often, I’m confronted with crumbling mounds of pseudo flour passed off as a gluten-free snack.
  — Matti Gellman, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• What’s more, trying to pass off a pet as a service animal is against the law in Florida and other states.
  — Sue Carlton, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• Baby eels were being harvested up and down the East Coast in places that banned elver fishing, and passed off as having come from Maine.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• One of the assists was a pass off the backboard with five minutes to go to Vinson, who threw down his first Rupp Arena dunk to get the Highlands students on their feet.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021
• Sophia Smith, behind the box, dished a pass off to Meghan Klingenberg on the left flank and sprinted toward the face of goal, waiting for Klingenberg’s cross.
  — Portland Timbers and Thorns Fc, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2021
• George Kittle was the spark the 49ers needed, from a tipped pass off his facemask to a key block on a late third-down conversion, making five catches for 95 yards.
  — Michael Lerseth, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2023
• Jacoby Brissett’s first interception was made on the second play of the game, on a deep pass off the scramble, to third string tight-end Pharaoh Brown.
  — Irie Harris, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• Two plays later on first-and-goal from the 5, Barnes and Kincaid connected on a touchdown pass off a bubble screen, but Kincaid took a shot to the right shoulder in the process.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
• This was like trying to pass off a cheesecake from Alabama as something dished up in Midtown.
  — Fox News, 23 May 2022
• One play before that one, Williams was defending another pass off Cotchery's hands in the end zone.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024