pawn off

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pawn off

verb pawns off · pawning off · pawned off

transitive To 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.

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@misc{pawn_off_2026,
  title = {pawn off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pawn%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}