"pawn off as" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pawns off as [present, singular, third-person], pawning off as [participle, present], pawned off as [participle, past], pawned off as [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pawn off as (third-person singular simple present pawns off as, present participle pawning off as, simple past and past participle pawned off as)
  1. To make a person or thing appear to be different than their true nature in order to fool someone else.

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pawn off as meaning in English (1.2kB)

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