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pawns off

pawns off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pawns off

What is pawns off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pawns off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pawn off.

Words near pawns off in the dictionary

  1. pawnlessness
  2. pawnlike
  3. pawnor
  4. pawnors
  5. pawns
  6. pawns off
  7. pawns off as
  8. pawnshop
  9. pawnshops
  10. pawnticket
  11. pawntickets

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