english
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noun
hand:
He held the mouse in his palm.
Simple Definitions
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noun flat part of the front of your hand ADJ. soft | horny | sweaty | open | outstretched VERB + PALM hold up, raise He held up a palm for silence. | spread He spread his palms in a gesture of openness. | press I pressed my palm to the wound to stop the bleeding. | slap She slapped her palm against the desk in anger. PALM + VERB sweat | face Hold out your arms with the palms facing downwards. PALM + NOUN reading | print PREP. against your ~s The metal felt hot against my palms. | between your ~s He took her hand between his palms and squeezed it. | in your ~ He showed me the coins in his palm. PHRASES palm/palms up/upwards She held out her hand to me, palm up. tree ADJ. coconut, date, oil PALM + NOUN tree | branch, frond, leaf | grove | oil
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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palm sth off
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to give away something, or persuade someone to accept something, because you do not want it and you know it has no value
• She tried to palm her old car off on me., palm sb off with sth
to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give them something that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away
• You're not going to palm me off with that feeble excuse.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idiom beginning with PALM, Also see CROSS SOMEONE'S PALM; GREASE SOMEONE'S PALM; ITCHY PALM.
American Heritage Idioms