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fobbed off; fobbing off; fobs off
Definition of fob off
1 : to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute
2 : to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine
3 : to put aside
now fob off what once they would have welcomed eagerly— Walter Lippmann
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The first known use of fob off was in 1597
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