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Verb: palm off  paam óf
  1. Dispose of something unwanted or inferior by deceptively presenting it as genuine or desirable
    "The art dealer tried to palm off fake paintings as originals";
    - foist off [informal], fob off [informal], pass off
     
  2. [informal] Pass on an unwanted task or responsibility to someone else
    "He palmed off his duties onto the new intern";
    - fob off [informal], foist off [informal], dump [informal]

Derived forms: palms off, palming off, palmed off

Type of: flog [Brit, informal], sell