palm sb off with sth
— phrasal verb with palm /pɑːm/ verb [T]Definition
› to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give them 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.Giving, providing and supplyingNot good enough
(Definition of palm sb off with sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- be not on idiom
- beneath preposition (NOT GOOD ENOUGH)
- cop noun (QUALITY)
- deficient adjective
- indefensible adjective
- inexcusable adjective
- intolerable adjective
- lame adjective (NOT SATISFACTORY)
- leave a lot to be desired idiom
- sad adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- second-rate adjective
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