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pawning off

pawning off is the present participle and gerund of pawn off.

Meaning of pawn off

Verb

pawn off (third-person singular simple present pawns off, present participle pawning off, simple past and past participle pawned off)

  1. (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.1987, Bruce Nash, Allan Zullo, The Baseball Hall of Shame 3, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 42

Questions about pawning off

What is pawning off the present participle and gerund of?
Pawning off is the present participle and gerund of pawn off.

Words near pawning off in the dictionary

  1. pawnest
  2. pawneth
  3. pawnie
  4. pawnies
  5. pawning
  6. pawning off
  7. pawning off as
  8. pawnings
  9. pawnless
  10. pawnlessness
  11. pawnlike

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