fob off
verb
fobbed off; fobbing off; fobs off
transitive verb
1
: to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute
2
: to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine
3
: to put aside
now fob off what once they would have welcomed eagerly
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann
Synonyms
- foist
- palm
- palm off
- pass off
- wish
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Example Sentences
people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard
Word History
First Known Use
1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1
fobbed off
verb
as in passed off
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- passed off
- imposed
- inflicted
- wished
- palmed off
- foisted
- forced
- palmed
- entailed
- misrepresented
- distorted
- forged
- falsified
- counterfeited
- faked