as in to wish
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 fob off
But despite previous transparency around the cost-cutting measures, employees inquiring about how the budget cuts have impacted their performance review will now be fobbed off.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fob off
Verb
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For Moss’ character, June Osborne, being stripped of all agency left her curled on a closet floor wishing for the end of her life.—
Trish Deitch,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Jon Rahm, the 2023 Masters champion and one of the biggest names on LIV Golf, wishes that a merger were closer but is also not ready to dwell on that during the first major of the season.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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The pooch was initially passed off to the 1st Precinct and then brought to the East Harlem location of the Animal Care Centers of NYC.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Urine testing is susceptible to drug users passing off clean urine from a third party as their own.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Additional charges were added for inflicting great bodily injury – which included domestic violence.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The assault escalated into a violent spectacle, with The Rock employing a belt to inflict further damage.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Trump defended his decision to impose tariffs, saying that the trade situation with U.S. partners was unsustainable and that someone needed to act.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The suspension also does not extend to industry-specific tariffs that Trump imposed on steel, aluminum and auto imports.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2023
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Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 June 2022
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Both teams threatened with Mikel Merino’s header palmed away by Matz Sels and David Raya denying Chris Wood at the other end.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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His stunning, one-handed outlet passes — often completed in a single fluid motion, without ever bringing the ball below his shoulders after palming the rebound — resemble water polo passes.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Fob off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fob%20off. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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