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faire passer pour — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.

Senses

faire passer pour is used for these senses in English:

  • make out (transitive, intransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true. [from 17th c.]
  • pass off as (transitive) To misrepresent something as.

make out — full definition

  1. verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
  2. verb To manage to see, hear or read something that is faint or unclear.
  3. verb To claim or suggest that something is the case, usually unfairly or falsely.
  4. verb To write out a cheque, form or document, especially by filling in a name.

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