to fob off To put off deceitfully; to attempt to satisfy with an excuse or pretence; to baffle, cajole; to put off (a person) with (something of…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently > by deceiving someone (7) to fob off1600 to fob off To put off deceitfully; to attempt to satisfy with an excuse or pretence; to baffle, cajole; to put off (a person) with (something of… foist1602 To put (a person) off with something inferior. smooth1680 With off, away, etc. (See quots.). sham1682 To put off, ‘fob off’ with something deceptive or worthless; to get rid of (a person) by some paltry excuse. Also with off. Obsolete. palm1822 transitive. Originally: to impose (something) fraudulently on, upon, etc., a person. Now chiefly with off: to pass off by trickery, fraud, or… shab1840 transitive with off. To put (a person) off with (something inferior or unsatisfactory). Cf. fob, v.1 3. lowball1973 Business (originally U.S.). transitive. To offer (an excessively low price, estimate, etc.); (more generally) to underestimate, undervalue. |
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