palm+off
11palm off fraudulently — index foist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12palm off — {v.}, {informal} 1. To sell or give (something) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by trickery. * /He palmed off his own painting as a Rembrandt./ * /The salesman palmed off pine wood floors as oak./ Syn.: FOB OFF, PASS… …
13palm off — {v.}, {informal} 1. To sell or give (something) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by trickery. * /He palmed off his own painting as a Rembrandt./ * /The salesman palmed off pine wood floors as oak./ Syn.: FOB OFF, PASS… …
14palm\ off — v informal 1. To sell or give (smth) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by trickery. He palmed off his own painting as a Rembrandt. The salesman palmed off pine wood floors as oak. Syn.: fob off, pass off 2. To deceive… …
15palm off — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item): fob off, foist, pass off, put off. See HONEST …
16palm off — PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone has palmed something off on you, you feel annoyed because they have made you accept it although it is not valuable or is not your responsibility. [V n P on n] I couldn t keep palming her off on… …
17palm off — transitive verb Date: 1822 1. to dispose of usually by trickery or guile 2. pass off 2 < palming himself off as a minister Toni Morrison > …
18palm off — deceive someone by a trick or a lie, sell or give by tricking He palmed off his old television set as one that was new and reliable …
19palm off with — PHRASAL VERB: usu passive (disapproval) If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions. [mainly BRIT] [be V ed P with n] Mark was palmed… …
20palm off — Refers to the conduct of selling goods as the goods of another or doing business as the business of another such that the public is misled by the conduct and believes it is purchasing the goods of another or doing business with someone other than …
