pawn off
verb
pawned off; pawning off; pawns off
: to get rid of or pass off usually by deception : palm off
Examples of pawn off in a Sentence
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The mayor has publicly blamed Abbott for pawning off the migrant crisis to other cities.
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Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
This shouldn’t mean just pawning off unattractive assets to private equity firms to wrench free the last years of cash from linear TV operations.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 17 July 2023
That’s largely because of the 1033 program, a federal plan that authorizes the Department of Defense (DoD) to pawn off its outdated equipment, from grenade launchers to bayonets to armored vehicles, to local police units for just the cost of shipping.
—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 1 July 2020
Trying to pawn off the striking of a pedestrian as a driver is outrageous since the driver should have at all times been going at a speed sufficient to avoid a collision with a pedestrian.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2021
Since the late 1990s, manufacturers tried to pawn off old-school frame bindings—the ones that elevate you off the ski and force you to lift an underfoot platform with each step—as the fix.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
To pay their $1,500 monthly rent, Ms. Rivera had to pawn off the gold necklace her daughter received for her quinceañera.
—New York Times, 23 Jan. 2021
Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
This shouldn’t mean just pawning off unattractive assets to private equity firms to wrench free the last years of cash from linear TV operations.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 17 July 2023
That’s largely because of the 1033 program, a federal plan that authorizes the Department of Defense (DoD) to pawn off its outdated equipment, from grenade launchers to bayonets to armored vehicles, to local police units for just the cost of shipping.
—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 1 July 2020
Trying to pawn off the striking of a pedestrian as a driver is outrageous since the driver should have at all times been going at a speed sufficient to avoid a collision with a pedestrian.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 May 2021
Since the late 1990s, manufacturers tried to pawn off old-school frame bindings—the ones that elevate you off the ski and force you to lift an underfoot platform with each step—as the fix.
—Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
To pay their $1,500 monthly rent, Ms. Rivera had to pawn off the gold necklace her daughter received for her quinceañera.
—New York Times, 23 Jan. 2021
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“Pawn off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pawn%20off. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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