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passed for

passed for is the simple past and past participle of pass for.

Meaning of pass for

Verb

pass for (third-person singular simple present passes for, present participle passing for, simple past and past participle passed for)

  1. (transitive) To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
    • When I visited the offices in March, the walls were bare, the furniture battered. With the addition of a dead plant, the suite could pass for a graduate-student lounge.2006, The New Yorker, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2012
  2. (transitive) To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose.

Questions about passed for

What is passed for the simple past and past participle of?
Passed for is the simple past and past participle of pass for.

Words near passed for in the dictionary

  1. passed ball
  2. passed balls
  3. passed by
  4. passed current
  5. passed down
  6. passed for
  7. passed gas
  8. passed in one's checks
  9. passed judgment
  10. passed master
  11. passed masters

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