pass for

1. Be accepted as or believed to be, usually something that is not so. For example, Jean is 23 but could pass for a teenager, or They thought that copy would pass for an original. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

She told the BBC one of her staff had also been denied a pass for the conference.

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Earlier this year, BBC Radio 4's File on Four found asylum seekers were being issued with a bus pass for one return journey per week.

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They paired for an exclamation point on the win when Doncic tossed up a pass for Hayes to slam down with two hands to put the Lakers up by 14 with 1:52 remaining.

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At times in “Hamnet,” 1582, the year of their marriage, could pass for a millennium earlier, a rustic era where neither has anything more pressing to do than canoodle under the trees.

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He provided an excellent pass for Gabriel Martinelli's stoppage-time equaliser against City, scored the winner against Palace and now has a first senior hat-trick against the Gunners' biggest rivals.

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