palm off
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
“Palming” an object (as in a playing card) is a type of sleight of hand, secretly removing the desired article and leaving only the undesired one.
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palm off (third-person singular simple present palms off, present participle palming off, simple past and past participle palmed off)
Sometimes appears as pawn off, though this is frequently proscribed as an error.[1][2] Some dictionaries have begun to recognize this form, and some have noted that the phrase pawn upon even predates palm off.[3][4] Often, pawn off differs slightly in meaning, not carrying the same connotations of trickery as palm off.[5]
The buyer is usually given as the object of "on" or "upon." So, "palm (something) off on (someone)"
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