From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpass as somebody/something phrasal verbif someone or something can pass as someone or something, they are similar enough to be accepted as that type of person or thing His French is so good that he can pass as a Frenchman. → pass→ See Verb table
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pass as • I could pass as a management lawyer.• With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.• And a passing glimpse of a profile clear as bronze, and at the moment of passing as aloof and serene.• So on the following night another try is made, but the night passes as did the first.• One of the first major pieces of legislation controlling what information went on packets was passed as recently as 1953.• Erebus where the dead pass as soon as they die.• Luckily, this fashion seems to have passed as such things were never very easy to eat in a dignified way.• He let the thought pass as the plane came to a halt less than twenty yards away from the limousines. 