Thesaurus results for FOBBING OFF

fobbing off

verb

present participle of fob off

as in wishing

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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The interview concluded with Oteri's Walters wishing the pair well.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
Any pub wishing to stay open for these hours must have applied for a temporary event notice at least five working days in advance, meaning that those which had not submitted such an applicated by Friday, June 26, are now no longer able to apply.

— Ali Rampling, New York Times, 2 July 2026

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Located in the Dartmoor foothills, some 20 minutes from the bohemian market town of Totnes, it’s reached along a series of narrow farm tracks, past a set of imposing stone gates overrun by wildflowers and accompanied by a classic keeper’s cottage.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Van Hoytema fills the giant frame with imposing images shot in evocative international locations, grand and powerful in scale.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

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Tah missed Germany’s first sudden-death effort before player of the match Jose Canale fittingly sent Paraguay through, inflicting Germany’s first penalty shootout defeat at a World Cup.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Two men and three boys, ages 15, 16 and 17, allegedly attacked a man as a group, knocking him unconscious and inflicting what were described as life-threatening injuries.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

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Adam Gordon, the book’s protagonist, is always passing off someone else’s language as his own.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
But the overall reality is simple, lying in the hands of the head man still pulling the strings despite passing off the play-calling reins.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of passing off

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