fob off

== English == === Alternative forms === fub off (archaic) === Verb === fob off (third-person singular simple present fobs off, present participle fobbing off, simple past and past participle fobbed off) (informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected. (informal, transitive) To fraudulently dispose of (goods). ==== Synonyms ==== (to fraudulently dispose of): foist, pass off, palm off, pawn off ==== Translations ==== === References === Robert Hunter, Charles Morris, editors (1897), Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 2, page 2146