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Definition of
palm off as phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
palm off as
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
palm something off as something
(
informal
)
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to tell someone that something is better than it is, especially in order to sell it
They were trying to palm the table off as a genuine antique.
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palm off as
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