fob off

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fob off

verb fobs off · fobbing off · fobbed off · fub off

informal, transitive To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected. When I phoned up, I was fobbed off with a string of excuses.
informal, transitive To fraudulently dispose of (goods). He fobbed off the forgery as genuine.
Similar: foist, pass off, palm off, pawn off

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verb to put off by evasion

Deutsch	abwimmeln

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@misc{fob_off_2026,
  title = {fob off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fob%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}