Meanings
verbpass oneself off as (third-person singular simple present passes oneself off as, present participle passing oneself off as, simple past and past participle passed oneself off as)
present singular third person passes oneself off as · participle present passing oneself off as · participle past passed oneself off as · past passed oneself off as
- To pretend to be.
Translations
Arabic اِنْتَحَلَ
- اِنْتَحَلَ (intaḥala)to pretend to be
Czech vydávat se za
- vydávat se zato pretend to be
French se faire passer pour
- se faire passer pourto pretend to be
German sich für jemanden ausgeben
- sich für jemanden ausgebento pretend to be
Italian farsi passare per
- farsi passare perto pretend to be
Portuguese fazer-se passar por
- fazer-se passar porto pretend to be
Spanish hacerse pasar por
- hacerse pasar porto pretend to be
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