fobbed off
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But Michelle felt "fobbed off", the hearing was told.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
A woman says she was "fobbed off by the NHS" and "adenomyosis ruined my life".
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
But 59-year-old Franklin said she had been "fobbed off" by the company.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
"I feel totally fobbed off by Bellway," he says.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
His grievance was this: that while a rival show across the river had been accorded a military picket by the War Office, he had been fobbed off with a mere guard of Special Constables.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914 by Various
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