fobbed off
Example Sentences
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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 feel totally fobbed off by Bellway," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
She said she felt "fobbed off" when she told doctors about her constipation and rectal bleeding.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024
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.
