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pam off

C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words

Trick someone into taking something bad — a rare version of 'palm off'.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic informal

(Rare/dialectal) To deceive someone into accepting something inferior or unwanted; a variant of 'palm off'.

"He tried to pam off the damaged stock on unsuspecting customers at the market."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

This form is not widely attested in standard dictionaries and may be a dialectal, archaic, or erroneous variant of 'palm off'. Learners should use 'palm off' instead in all standard contexts.

Commonly used with

goods fake unwanted

Forms

Base
pam off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
pams off
he/she/it
Past simple
pamed off
yesterday
Past participle
pamed off
have + pp
-ing form
paming off
continuous

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