fob off

verb

1. to appease or trick (a person) with lies or excuses

2. to dispose of (goods) by trickery

Idioms and Phrases

Sell or dispose of goods by fraud or deception, as in They tried to fob off the zircon as a diamond . [c. 1600]

Put off or appease by deceitful means, as in We needed her help but were fobbed off by promises . [c. 1600]

Example Sentences

"Too much of my job really is taken up advising victims who feel fobbed off by the police when they report coercive control," she said.

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He added the number of parties involved could be "depressing for a shared owner; that feeling of being passed from pillar to post and being fobbed off at different parts of the process".

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"We're just getting fobbed off. The evidence is all there," she said.

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"I have to do the chasing, they never ring me, I've explained my situation, I'm really struggling and I just get fobbed off," he said.

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She said she felt "fobbed off" when she told doctors about her constipation and rectal bleeding.

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