Phrasal Verbs
- 1to try to stop someone from asking questions or complaining by telling them something that is not true Don't let him fob you off with any more excuses. She wouldn't be fobbed off this time.
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- 2to give someone something that is not what they want or is of worse quality than they want He was unaware that he was being fobbed off with out-of-date stock.