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fobbed off

VERB

palm off

Synonyms

WEAK

cheat deceive foist foist off misguide misinform mislead misrepresent offload pass off rip off rook scam stall swindle trick

Example Sentences

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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

The victims commissioner for England and Wales said she often hears of victims being "ignored or fobbed off" by police forces.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

We may, therefore, dispense with the tedious and unsatisfactory explanations which, if we may trust Ovid, the wily Janus himself fobbed off an anxious Roman enquirer.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir