palming off
Example Sentences
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“Industry is simply palming off the benefits to the consumer.”
From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2019
Whereas I previously felt sad about the prospect of getting rid of all the baby kit, I’m now palming off bits of neon plastic at every opportunity.
From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2016
The line gets a laugh, but it’s a ruse: Tarantino is palming off the convolutions of his plot as a knowing gag.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 4, 2016
In the past, the trickle of legal refugees primarily involved senior citizens, which was East Germany's way of palming off some of its pension burden on the capitalist West.
From Time Magazine Archive
You may be palming off a tale upon me.
From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)
