Usually means: Be accepted as, mistaken for.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pass for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pass for: Merriam-Webster
  3. pass for: Wiktionary
  4. pass for: Dictionary.com
  5. pass for: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass for: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass for: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass for: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass for: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (pass for)

verb:  (transitive) To be mistakenly seen as something that one is not
verb:  (transitive) To be sufficient, especially minimally so, for a specified purpose.

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