How to Use pass off in a Sentence
pass off
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Makes the short saucer pass off both sides of the blade so well.
—Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
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In the show, Halina uses coats to trade and pass off as Aryan.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2024
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So then that gets passed off to a doctor who comes up with a plan for you.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 8 Mar. 2024
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Before, Almeria would be passed off as part of the Wild West.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 3 July 2023
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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
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Mayfield booted left and dropped a pass off to him short.
—Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Matt Judon lays a hit on Baker Mayfield after Mayfield got the pass off.
—BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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This was like trying to pass off a cheesecake from Alabama as something dished up in Midtown.
—Fox News, 23 May 2022
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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
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The winds then pass off the lake, but the water sloshes back across, producing damaging waves with no storm to warn of their impending arrival.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
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Again, sources claim, Blackman was clever in the art of the spin, attempting to pass off inappropriate comments as harmless jokes and innocent questions.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2024
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