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fobs off

fobs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fob off.

Meaning of fob off

Verb

fob off (third-person singular simple present fobs off, present participle fobbing off, simple past and past participle fobbed off)

  1. (informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected.
    • When I phoned up, I was fobbed off with a string of excuses.
  2. (informal, transitive) To fraudulently dispose of (goods).
    • He fobbed off the forgery as genuine.

Questions about fobs off

What is fobs off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fobs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fob off.

Words near fobs off in the dictionary

  1. Fobbs
  2. Fobbses
  3. fobby
  4. FOBO
  5. fobs
  6. fobs off
  7. FOBT
  8. FOBTs
  9. FOBulous
  10. FOC
  11. foc's'le

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