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fobs off

verb

present tense third-person singular of fob off
as in wishes
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 Synonyms for fobs off
  1. wishes
  2. passes off
  3. imposes
  4. inflicts
  5. palms
Verb
  • School staff cannot lie to parents — including matters that a student wishes to conceal from their parents.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Ross feels the farming life grounds him and wishes others could experience it.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of wishes
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  • If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of passes off
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  • This imposes substantial costs to consumers, limits access to free information and content on the open web, and reduces pathways to earnings for writers and content producers.
    — Vivek Shah, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The law imposes consequences for the new crime that are similar to other child pornography convictions, according to a summary of the bill.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of imposes
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  • The more suffering Russia inflicts on Ukrainian civilians, the more Europe invests in Ukraine’s defense and its own.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
  • If a deepfake inflicts commercial damage or misleads consumers, businesses can pursue civil claims for defamation or false light, alongside federal trademark suits under the Lanham Act.
    — Allyson Kapin, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of inflicts
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  • Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Definition of palms
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