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Definition pawn off as in American English

pawn off as phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to pretend that someone or something is a person or thing that they are not in order to trick someone else

Example

They tried to pawn him off as some sort of expert.

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Definition pawn off as in American English