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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