passing off
The act of misrepresenting the origin of a productThe act of misrepresenting the origin of a product.
» He's been passing off my ideas as his.
Er hat meine Ideen als seine ausgegeben!
Он выдавал мои идеи за свои.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The act of misrepresenting the origin of a product.
Examples
3 sentencesHe's been passing off my ideas as his.
ruОн выдавал мои идеи за свои.
deEr hat meine Ideen als seine ausgegeben!
Copying someone else's sentences and passing them off as their own isn't fair.
Sami knew enough about medicine to bluff his way through some easy questions, passing himself off as a doctor.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable