verb
- deceiving or tricking someone with something false or worthless
Usage: present participle of ‘fob’; often used with ‘off’
Examples
- The salesman was fobbing off cheap imitations as genuine antiques.
- She accused him of fobbing her with false promises.
- The company was fobbing customers off with defective products.
- He’s always fobbing people off with excuses instead of real solutions.
- The dealer was caught fobbing counterfeit watches on unsuspecting buyers.
- Stop fobbing me off with that old story – I want the truth.