Meanings of passes current in English

Passions trouble the conscience of the people, and there are days when treachery passes current for heroism.

Every dollar issued by the Government, or by national banks under government authority, passes current like gold.

There is often no better foundation than selfishness for what passes current in the world for ardent friendship.

Has she actual beauty, actual wit?-notsimply a tidal material beauty that passes current any pretty flippancy or staggering pretentiousness?

On the contrary, if in the guise of bantering it is ingenious and subtle it passes current for gallantry and wit.

The assertion generally passes current that the idea of an Omnipotent Being is familiar to all people, even the most barbarous.

Now think what scores of men and women walk the world in a like predicament; and what false coin passes current!

He continued: An erroneous statement, oft repeated by those high in place, if permitted for long to go uncontradicted, soon passes current as axiomatic truth....