Pass as and Try

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Try and pass as are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Pass as".

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Pass as and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pass as" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

After making a pass at his (female) best friend he went home and chopped off his long hair to try and pass as a boy.

Source: Important Haircut
Rent or buy a cheap knock-off or copy which will pass as something resembling a quality guitar as long as you don't actually try to play it.

Source: All Guitars Are Stratocasters
Pirates were less traditionalist, and there were indeed some female pirates known to history... but they tended to try to pass as male.

Source: Politically Correct History

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