Thesaurus results for FOB OFF

fob off

verb

as in to wish

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard

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Recent Examples of fob off Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member. —

Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 While attempting to film his daughter's dance, Miguel Angel Michel, 66, couldn't control his feet and eventually fobbed off his phone altogether, earning 4.2 million views on TikTok. —

Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 Not only does Israel not have spare luxury jets lying around to fob off on the American president, but the country took nine years to retrofit and launch its own version of Air Force One, and the process was a national fiasco. —

Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025 But despite previous transparency around the cost-cutting measures, employees inquiring about how the budget cuts have impacted their performance review will now be fobbed off. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023 Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers. —

William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021

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Verb

The pendulum of pension reform could be swinging toward more generous benefits over a decade after California overhauled its retirement system if lawmakers grant public safety unions’ wish to lower the age when police officers and firefighters can retire.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
The companies are offering refunds if guests of these bookings wish to cancel.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026