Meanings
verbpawn off (third-person singular simple present pawns off, present participle pawning off, simple past and past participle pawned off)
present singular third person pawns off · participle present pawning off · participle past pawned off · past pawned off
- transitiveTo get rid of (something or someone unwanted) by transferring it to another.
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, Allan Zullo, The Baseball Hall of Shame 3, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish panna kiertoon
- panna kiertoonto get rid of by transferring
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