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palm something off on someone — tv. to ucceed in spending counterfeit money; to succeed in cashing a bad check. (Underworld.) □ Max palmed four phony twenties off in less than an hour. CD Somebody palmed off a rubber check on me yesterday … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
fob something off on someone — fob (something) off on (someone) to trick or persuade someone to take something. Do you think we can fob the children off on Grandma this weekend? This guy fobbed off a fake diamond on me. Related vocabulary: palm off something … New idioms dictionary
palm someone or something off (on someone) — tv. to transfer some unwanted person or thing to another person. □ Don’t palm her off on me. I don’t want her. CD My uncle palmed off his old clothes on me … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
palm sth off — UK US palm sth off Phrasal Verb with palm({{}}/pɑːm/ verb INFORMAL ► to give away something, or persuade someone to accept something, which you know has little value: palm sth off on sb »She was trying to palm that useless office space off on us … Financial and business terms
fob off on someone — fob (something) off on (someone) to trick or persuade someone to take something. Do you think we can fob the children off on Grandma this weekend? This guy fobbed off a fake diamond on me. Related vocabulary: palm off something … New idioms dictionary
fob something off on — fob (something) off on (someone) to trick or persuade someone to take something. Do you think we can fob the children off on Grandma this weekend? This guy fobbed off a fake diamond on me. Related vocabulary: palm off something … New idioms dictionary
palm off something — palm off (something) 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… … New idioms dictionary
palm off — (something) 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 someone … New idioms dictionary
palm off — verb sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑foist off, ↑fob off • Topics: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
palm — palm1 noun 1》 (also palm tree) an unbranched evergreen tree with a crown of very long feathered or fan shaped leaves, growing in tropical and warm regions. [Family Palmae: numerous species.] 2》 a leaf of a palm awarded as a prize or viewed as a… … English new terms dictionary
palm — [pɑːm ǁ pɑːm, pɑːlm] verb palm somebody/something → off phrasal verb [transitive] to persuade someone to accept something, especially by making them think it is better or more valuable than it really is: • Some suppliers have tried to palm off… … Financial and business terms
