palm off

VERB
  1. sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
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How To Use palm off In A Sentence

  • They can't palm off that tale on us.
  • The Worsted Witch » Lawn of the Dead: A recent study found dozens of medicinal, industrial, and household compounds—also known as biosolids—in the treated sewage sludge that government agencies try to palm off to the unsuspecting as “lawn-and-garden enhancements.” Archive 2006-09-01
  • If they were feeling benevolent, these parents might palm off a kid with a chocolate alternative: a carob bar, or breakfast cereal moulded into an oblong.
  • Dealers sometimes palm off fakes as genuine works of art.
  • Dealers sometimes palm off fakes as genuine works of art.
  • He tried to palm off his old books onto me.
  • The restaurant was palm off some inferior wine by putting a fancy label on it.
  • The undersigned is the merchant on whom you attempted to palm off your worthless goods. Medical Evidence in a Court of Law
  • In the Eighties, when wine drinkers were young and innocent, Britain's wine retailers and brewers were able to palm off a high percentage of this undrinkable rubbish.
  • They can't palm off that tale on us.
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