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fob off

verb

Definition of fob off 

transitive verb

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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foist, palm, palm off, pass off, wish

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people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard

First Known Use of fob off

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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fob someone off with

fob someone or something off

fob something off as

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