pass for sb/sth
phrasal verbwithpassverbuk/pɑːs/us/pæs/
to beacceptedas something:
I reallywantto go andseethefilm, but I don'tthinkI'dpassfor 18.
I'd have aneasiertimepassingforfemalethanthin.
Thecelebratorybeer-or whatpassesforbeerin thispartof theworld-begantoflow.
Synonym
passassomeone/something
Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- appear
- as if/thoughidiom
- by the look(s) of thingsidiom
- come across
- come off
- outward
- outwardly
- parallax
- pass
- persona
- prima facie
- semblance
- so-called
- sound
- superficial
- superficiality
- superficially
- supposed
- surface