palm

palm¹ [pa:m US pa:m, pa:lm] n

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1¦(part of hand)¦

2¦(tree)¦

3 hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand

4 read somebody's palm

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1.) ¦(PART OF HAND)¦

the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things

in sb's palm

▪ She looked at the coins in her palm.

▪ He held the pebble in the palm of his hand .

2.) ¦(TREE)¦ also palm tree

a tropical tree which grows near beaches or in deserts, with a long straight trunk and large pointed leaves at the top

▪ coconut palms

3.) hold/have sb in the palm of your hand

to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do

4.) read sb's palm

to tell someone what is going to happen to them in the future by looking at the lines on their hand

→cross sb's palm (with silver) at ↑cross¹ (18), grease sb's palm at ↑grease² (2)

palm ²

palm² v [T]

to hide something in the palm of your hand, especially when you are performing a magic trick or stealing something

palm off [palm sth<=>off] phr v

to persuade someone to accept or buy something that is not of good quality or is not the thing that they really want

palm something<=>off on/onto

▪ He tried to palm off his old books onto me.

palm something<=>off as

▪ Dealers sometimes palm off fakes as genuine works of art.

palm off with [palm sb off with sth] phr v

to give someone an explanation that is not true but that you hope they will accept