palm off
verb
palmed off; palming off; palms off
transitive verb
1
: to dispose of usually by trickery or guile
2
: pass off sense 2
palming himself off as a minister
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Synonyms
- fob off
- foist
- palm
- pass off
- wish
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Example Sentences
please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me
Word History
First Known Use
1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Legal Definition
palm off
transitive verb
: to sell or attempt to sell (a product) by inducing buyers to believe that one's product is actually the product of another
specifically : to attempt to sell (a product) under another's trademark or trade name
palmed off
verb
as in passed off
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- passed off
- inflicted
- imposed
- wished
- fobbed off
- palmed
- foisted
- forced
- entailed
- distorted
- forged
- misrepresented
- counterfeited
- falsified
- faked