palms off

verb

present tense third-person singular of palm off
as in wishes
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palms off
  1. wishes
  2. passes off
  3. palms
  4. imposes
  5. inflicts
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  • The company is adding a suite of new services that will let subscribers to a newsletter or podcast have a forum for comment and discussion, if the entrepreneur behind the venture wishes, or create other kinds of content in response.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • In Hilderbrand’s ending, Hollis and Jack get back together, too, but her well wishes for Gigi are essential to her character’s new priorities.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of wishes
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  • If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of passes off
Verb
  • Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Definition of palms
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  • If a judge agrees and imposes a restraining order, Paramount would be blocked from completing the deal for the time being, though the company would almost certainly appeal.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • Kansas also imposes a corporate surtax that Missouri does not.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of imposes
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  • The media usually get Black femicide wrong Another problem surrounding intimate partner homicide inflicts its harms after death.
    — Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • Instead of providing convenience, services and consumption, the regime only inflicts repression, intrusion and censorship.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 May 2026
Definition of inflicts
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