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pawn off as

pawn off as verb: to make a person or thing appear to be different than their true nature in order to fool someone else.

Verb

pawn off as (third-person singular simple present pawns off as, present participle pawning off as, simple past and past participle pawned off as)

  1. To make a person or thing appear to be different than their true nature in order to fool someone else.
    • We'll pawn this necklace off as real gold, and make a fortune.

Forms of pawn off as

third-person singular presentpawns off as
present participlepawning off as
past participlepawned off as
pastpawned off as

Questions about pawn off as

What does pawn off as mean?
Pawn off as means to make a person or thing appear to be different than their true nature in order to fool someone else.
What part of speech is pawn off as?
Pawn off as is a verb.
What is the past tense of pawn off as?
The past tense of pawn off as is pawned off as.

Words near pawn off as in the dictionary

  1. pawn cubes
  2. pawn grabbing
  3. pawn island
  4. pawn islands
  5. pawn off
  6. pawn off as
  7. pawn race
  8. pawn races
  9. pawn shop
  10. pawn shops
  11. pawn storm

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