palm off

• Verbe à particule signifiant tromper quelqu'un en lui faisant accepter quelque chose de peu de valeur ou de mauvaise qualité, souvent par la persuasion ou la ruse.

A phrasal verb meaning to deceive someone by making them accept something of little value or of poor quality, often by persuasion or trickery.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Deceive by selling or givinginformal

   To get rid of something unwanted by tricking someone into accepting it, often by pretending it is valuable.

   refiler

   • He tried to palm off a fake watch as a genuine Rolex.
   • The salesman palmed off the defective product on an unsuspecting customer.
   • She palmed off her old furniture as antique pieces.

   Synonymesfob offfoistoffloadpass offunload

2. Pass responsibilityinformal

   To shift an unwanted task, duty, or blame onto someone else.

   Refiler la responsabilité

   • He palmed off the difficult assignment onto his junior colleague.
   • She tried to palm off the blame for the mistake on her teammate.
   • The manager palmed off the tedious paperwork to the intern.

   Synonymesfob offfoistoffloadshunt

Verbe de basepalm