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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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“Fob off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fob%20off. Accessed 29 May. 2022.
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The first known use of fob off was in 1597
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