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Palm off   /pɑm ɔf/   Listen
Palm off

verb
1.
Sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive.  Synonyms: fob off, foist off.





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"Palm off" Quotes from Famous Books



... and get that room fixed up," she said, "and don't try to palm off any bogus doctrines on me so early in the morning. Housewives have no time ...
— The Haunted Bookshop • Christopher Morley
... hands full with the little Princess. I dared not go down the stairs. I dared not for a moment take my palm off her mouth. For as like as not she would call out for the Duke Casimir to come and deliver her from my cruelty. So I stuck to my post, even though I knew that I ...
— Red Axe • Samuel Rutherford Crockett
... (sputtering) What are you trying to palm off on me? You are not my Gazetteer! My Gazetteer is decently dressed in black and white. You come here in red and yellow. What ...
— King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays • Floyd Dell


Words linked to "Palm off" :   mercantilism, commercialism, crime, offence, criminal offense, sell, offense, commerce, criminal offence, law-breaking


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