PALM (SOMETHING) OFF


Meaning of PALM (SOMETHING) OFF in English

palm something ↔ off phrasal verb ( see also ↑ palm )

to persuade someone to accept or buy something that is not of good quality or is not the thing that they really want

palm something ↔ off on/onto

He tried to palm off his old books onto me.

palm something ↔ off as

Dealers sometimes palm off fakes as genuine works of art.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.