fobbed off

Example Sentences

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Zara Dedman, 38, from Kent, says being "fobbed off" by doctors has had a huge impact on her mental health.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

"I was absolutely gutted and every phone call I made to the Bournemouth office, I got fobbed off."

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

"Too much of my job really is taken up advising victims who feel fobbed off by the police when they report coercive control," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

"I have to do the chasing, they never ring me, I've explained my situation, I'm really struggling and I just get fobbed off," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

She, however, maintained that I ought to have mentioned that I was an affianced, and have refused to sit at any banquet at which she was fobbed off with a cold shoulder.

From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.