pass for

pass for
phrasal verb pass for or pass as [transitive]
Word forms "pass for":
present tense I/you/we/they pass for he/she/it passes for present participle passing for past tense passed for past participle passed for
pass for someone/something to be accepted, wrongly, as being a particular type of person or thing

He's nearly forty, but he could pass for twenty-five.

the slogans and name-calling that pass for political debate these days

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