pawn off
Verb
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Verb
pawn off
- (transitive) To get rid of (something or someone unwanted) by transferring it to another.
- 1987, Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, The Baseball Hall of Shame 3, Pocket Books, ISBN 0671681478, page 42:
- LeMaster was dealt to the even-lowlier Pittsburgh Pirates for a minor league pitcher. The Indians were so anxious to pawn him off on the Pirates that the club even paid Johnnie a $100,000 "assignment fee" to go to Pittsburgh.
- 1987, Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, The Baseball Hall of Shame 3, Pocket Books, ISBN 0671681478, page 42:
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