Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Pass off
Pass off verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.
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- To keep Stan from killing him, Bullock tries to pass off everything he did as a Secret Test of Character to see if Stan would stand up for himself and his daughter.
Source: Secret Test of Character -
This was important because of a practice at the time where criminals would clip the edges off coins, keep the bits of precious metal to melt down, and pass off the clipped coin as its full value, weakening the currency (and thus causing inflation).
Source: Useful Notes / Isaac Newton -
Cecil, the news announcer for the local public radio station, can usually keep any disbelief he may or may not feel out of his voice, with two notable exceptions: when the City Council tries to pass off the feral dog pack menacing town as plastic bags blowing in the wind, and when the Mega Corp.
Source: Blatant Lies
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