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palm

 
 
/pɑːm/ verb

Translation

palm sb off phrasal verb
to tell someone something that is not true so that they will stop asking questions
kandırmak, yalanla geçiştirmek
He palmed me off with an excuse about why he couldn't pay.1160
palm sth off as sth phrasal verb
to deceive people by saying that something has a particular quality or value that it does not have
yalan dolanla elden çıkarmak; kandırmak, hileyle kabul ettirmek
1050
palm sth off on sb phrasal verb
to give or sell something to someone because you want to get rid of it
kandırarak satmak/vermek; üçkâğıda getirmek
He palmed his old computer off on me.2106794
(Definition of palm verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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