as in passing off
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me
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Eleanor ends up passing off the story of Bessie surviving a concentration camp in Poland as her own.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025 -
The indictment also accused him of intentionally submitting checks drawn on insufficient funds and allegedly passing off another person’s Internet Movie Database Page as his own to convince one victim of his industry bona fides.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Thanking guests for coming, wishing them a safe journey home, or announcing a final toast can encourage a natural exit.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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Here the most enthusiastic customers often came not from primitive fossil capital but from fossil capital in general—companies not producing but consuming fossil fuels in the process of money-making and wishing, for whatever reason, to even them out with credits.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Attorneys filed charges of driving under the influence causing injury with enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury in the crash.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Jurors also found true sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury on the victim.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
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For those who prefer not to walk for hours under the imposing Brazilian sun, renting a car may prove to be the most comfortable method of touring the city.—
Greyson Ferguson,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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But the tariffs spooked American businesses, prompting a court challenge, contending that the president had exceeded his authority in imposing the tariffs.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Palming off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palming%20off. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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