palm off

colar, hacer pasar por auténtico

Engañar a alguien para que acepte algo malo o falso creyendo que es bueno o auténtico.

En inglés sencillo: To trick someone into accepting something poor or false as something good or real.

• Don’t palm off junk on me.
• The dealer palmed off a fake watch as a genuine one.
• They tried to palm these cheap copies off on tourists.

Cómo se usa: palm something off on someone (They palmed the damaged goods off on unsuspecting customers.); palm something off as something (He tried to palm the copy off as an original.)

Sinónimos: pass off, foist

Expresiones frecuentes: palm something off, palm off fake goods