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单词 palm sb off with sth
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palm sb off with sth

phrasal verb with palm uk/pɑːm/us/pɑːm/verb [ T ]

to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give someone something that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away:

You're not going to palm me off with that feeble excuse.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Giving, providing and supplying

  • accommodate
  • accord
  • administer
  • administration
  • assignment
  • award
  • deliver
  • go round (somewhere)
  • hand sth around
  • hand sth back
  • hand sth in
  • hand sth out
  • invest
  • lay
  • spare
  • step
  • step forward
  • supplier
  • supply
  • supply chain

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palm sb off with sth

informal
phrasal verb with palm uk/pɑːm/usverb

to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away:

He's trying to palm you off with an excuse.
The government intends that low-paid public sector workers be palmed off with below-inflation rate pay increases.
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