SINCE 1828
fob off
verb
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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