as in wished
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
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Recent Examples of fobbed off
Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fobbed off
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His client also wished to spare his family from a trial.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Royal breakup Netflix wished Meghan Markle all the best with her lifestyle brand after the streaming giant and the Duchess of Sussex decided to end their partnership.—
Tricia Escobedo,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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The misery inflicted on the thousands of Maryland commuters is merely the stick to drive more people to consider ailing public transportation options.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
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There is humor and there is drama, as Rhoda is inflicted with tuberculosis and hospitalized in suburban Winfield and Denver.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Western nations have imposed sanctions including the prohibition of arms sales.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Trump then immediately imposed a 10% global blanket tariff based on Section 122 of the Trade Act 1974, and threatened to raise it further to 15%.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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To diVittorio, the minimum lot sizes are too big — and therefore expensive; setbacks from streets are too broad, eating up buildable land; and sidewalk requirements are too costly, getting passed off to consumers.—
Mark Dee
March 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Mar. 2026
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Earlier in the week, an Indian university was reportedly asked to leave the summit after a staff member passed off a robotic dog developed by Chinese company Unitree as one the university had developed.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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There is also good reason to question the urgency with which this decision is being foisted on the city.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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That means that this nauseating change is being foisted upon us by out-of-town politicians whose constituents probably use PBIA very rarely and might not even know that this bill (or even this airport) exists.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Fobbed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fobbed%20off. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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