transitive. With on, upon. See also phrases 4, to put on —— at phrasal verbs 2, and put-upon, adj. To carry out or perpetrate (a trick…

to bob of, to bob out of: to cheat (out) of. to bob off: to get rid of by fraud.

transitive. To dispose of deceptively or fraudulently; to pass off (a thing) for something else; to palm off; †to foist (a person) on someone (obs…

To obtrude or ‘put’ (a thing) upon (a person) by false representations; to palm or pass off.

transitive. Originally: to impose (something) fraudulently on, upon, etc., a person. Now chiefly with off: to pass off by trickery, fraud, or…

To impose or attempt to pass off (something) upon (a person) by deceit; to palm off. Obsolete.

To foist in, into; to palm off fraudulently on, upon; to put out or utter falsely. Obsolete.

To put off with something trivial or unsatisfactory. Obsolete.

transitive. = palm, v. 2. Usually with off, upon.

transitive. To pass off as something else. Cf. to pass off 1a at pass, v. phrasal verbs 1.

transitive. To put into circulation, promote, or market, esp. deceptively; to present or sell (someone else's work or property) as one's own. With for…

colloquial. transitive. To dispose of or pass off, esp. by fraud, trickery, or misrepresentation; to palm off. Also: to perpetrate (a swindle…

to stall off. To get rid of by evasive tactics, a trick, plausible tale or the like; also, in sporting parlance, to keep the upper hand of (a…

to fob off To palm off upon (a person); cf. 2.