fobbed off

Example Sentences

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When the nurses raised their concerns, they "genuinely felt they were not being taken seriously" and were "being in essence fobbed off by senior management and seen as trouble-makers", the panel said.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

It heard he should have been identified as a threat and action taken sooner after he was reported as suspicious by a member of the public, who was "fobbed off".

From BBC • Dec. 18, 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

But always one is fobbed off with a large white egg of demonstrative uncomeliness.

From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert