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Definition of fob verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fob

verb
 
/fɒb/
 
/fɑːb/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fob
 
/fɒb/
 
/fɑːb/
he / she / it fobs
 
/fɒbz/
 
/fɑːbz/
past simple fobbed
 
/fɒbd/
 
/fɑːbd/
past participle fobbed
 
/fɒbd/
 
/fɑːbd/
-ing form fobbing
 
/ˈfɒbɪŋ/
 
/ˈfɑːbɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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    Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘cheat out of’): origin uncertain; perhaps related to German foppen ‘deceive, cheat, banter’, or to fop.
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