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Palm Sb Sb's Sth Sbˈoff Persuade Order Noun, Verbbre /Pɑːm/Name /Pɑːm/

Front palm
Back noun, verbBrE /pɑːm/NAmE /pɑːm/

noun

1 the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingersHe held the bird gently in the palm of his hand. sweaty palms to read sb's palm (= to say what you think will happen to sb by looking at the lines on their palm )

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2 (also ˈpalm tree) a straight tree with a mass of long leaves at the top, growing in tropical countries. There are several types of palm tree, some of which produce fruita date palm a coconut palm palm leaves/fronds/groveshave sb in the ˌpalm of your ˈhandto have complete control or influence over sbEven before he plays a note, he has the audience in the palm of his hand. more at cross sb's palm with silver at cross v.,grease sb's palm at grease v.verb

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~ sthto hide a coin, card, etc. in your hand, especially when performing a trickˌpalm sbˈoff (with sth)(informal) to persuade sb to believe an excuse or an explanation that is not true, in order to stop them asking questions or complainingˌpalm sthˈoff (on/onto sb)| ˌpalm sbˈoff (with sth) (informal) to persuade sb to accept sth that has no value or that you do not want, especially by tricking themShe's always palming the worst jobs off on her assistant. Make sure he doesn't try to palm you off with faulty goods.ˌpalm sth ˈoff as sth(informal) to tell sb that sth is better than it is, especially in order to sell itThey were trying to palm the table off as a genuine antique.

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柯林斯2008

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