Thesaurus results for FOBBING OFF

fobbing off

verb

present participle of fob off

as in wishing

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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In fact, some fans took it upon themselves to foil those wishing to watch online.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 July 2026
When practice starts next Wednesday at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, millions of fans in the New York area will be wishing Harbaugh the best of luck.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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Decorated in shades of green, yellow and pink to mimic an English garden, there are gold details at every turn, an imposing marble fireplace and freshly cut roses in a vase on the mahogany dining table.

— Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 29 July 2026
This month New York Governor Kathy Hochul enacted the first statewide data center moratorium and Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation imposing the first statewide energy consumption tax on data centers.

— John Kostyack, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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Inscoe turned himself in a few hours later, and was charged with two counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill/inflicting serious injury, and felony larceny of a motor vehicle, the sheriff’s office said.

— Mark Price July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Ukrainian drone defenses, minefields, and artillery effectively repelled the attack, inflicting heavy losses including seven tanks and over 150 casualties.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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Adam Gordon, the book’s protagonist, is always passing off someone else’s language as his own.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
But the overall reality is simple, lying in the hands of the head man still pulling the strings despite passing off the play-calling reins.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of passing off

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