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palm off
(redirected from pawn off)

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palm someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something) and pass someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something); pawn someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something)
Fig. to give someone or something to someone as a gift that appears to be someone or something desirable. (As if the gift had been concealed in one's palm until it was gotten rid of.) Are you trying to palm that annoying client off on me as a hot prospect? Don't palm off that pest on me. Please don't pass that problem off on me as a challenge. Don't pass it off on me! Don't pawn it off on me as something of value.
See also: palm
palm off something also palm something off
to trick or persuade someone to take something They palmed off cheap wine at high prices by putting it in fancy bottles. She produced fake stamps and palmed them off as genuine.
Related vocabulary: fob something off on somebody
See also: palm
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Visiting car lots to buy a vehicle for yourself can easily lead you to fall prey into the clutches of the manipulative salesman who is trying to pawn off every car on the lot as if it was a steal, or you may end up getting pressured to buy a car that even doesn't fit your budget.
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TAMING THE WILD MORTGAGE LENDERS One of the hard-learned lessons from the global financial bust is that home lenders should not be allowed to pawn off their risk on investors indiscriminately.
TAMING THE WILD MORTGAGE LENDERS by Theo Francis / BusinessWeek
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