pass for

Idioms  

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]

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Example Sentences

A bridge had to be constructed for him to pass--for retrace his steps he could not--and, as it were, blindfolded, he had to be backed upon this like a mule aboard a train of cars.

From Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography by Watterson, Henry

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