What is "pass for"

Usage examples of "pass for".

A Communist spy who could pass for an English aristocrat had to be a great asset to the Russians.

The answer seemed too hesitant to be convincing, but I let it pass for the time being.

So putting things together we have strong probability deceased was an Englishwoman fond of mountains and somebody wanted her to pass for French when she was dead.

Maybe all these neatly typed pages would pass for progress in her eyes.

Thirty hours was a remarkably fast evacuation, and no doubt the time had flashed by in a dreamlike rush of action, in a state of mind so different from ordinary time that it might pass for transcendence.

I've got your papers and I can scorch them up some like this boat burned, and leave enough to read so I can pass for you where nobody knows you.

Alice in Wonderland haircut, face scrubbed, talking in a thin little lisp, doll in the crook of her arm, bubble gum in her little jaw, she could pass for eleven or twelve.

But South America is a place where I could not possibly pass for a native, no matter how well I spoke the language-and it is loaded with German agents who would suspect me of being an American agent and might arrange some nasty accident for Ol' Buddy Boy, bless his innocent heart.

I had (foolishly) planned to avoid this war by running away to South America But South America is a place where I could not possibly pass for a native, no matter how well I spoke the language-and it is loaded with German agents who would suspect me of being an American agent and might arrange some nasty accident for 01' Buddy Boy, bless his innocent heart.

But South America is a place where I could not possibly pass for a native, no matter how well I spoke the language—.

If you would not drape yourself in purple you might well pass for Fanny's sister!

He looks thirty years younger and can easily pass for his own son.