fob off

verb

Definition of fob offnext
as in to wish
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard

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Recent Examples of fob off But despite previous transparency around the cost-cutting measures, employees inquiring about how the budget cuts have impacted their performance review will now be fobbed off. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023 Most chose instead to fob off the hard decisions to central bankers. — William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fob off
  1. wish
  2. pass off
  3. inflict
  4. impose
  5. palm off
  6. palm
Verb
  • The Folsom and Clementine program mirrors restrictions adopted across Northern California with boaters wishing to launch having a red quarantine seal for at least 30 days after a mandatory inspection.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Those wishing to honor her memory can donate to the Camp Sloane YMCA Susan Senk Memorial Fund.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of wish
Verb
  • The pooch was initially passed off to the 1st Precinct and then brought to the East Harlem location of the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
    — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Urine testing is susceptible to drug users passing off clean urine from a third party as their own.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of pass off
Verb
  • Additional charges were added for inflicting great bodily injury – which included domestic violence.
    — Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The assault escalated into a violent spectacle, with The Rock employing a belt to inflict further damage.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of inflict
Verb
  • Two months into his White House return, Trump has imposed tariffs on goods from neighboring Canada and Mexico as well as China, all steel and aluminum imports, and foreign cars and auto parts.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the United States that went into effect earlier this month.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of impose
Verb
  • And there’s an art to delegating, without seemingly palming off work to your team.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Giannoli’s narrator lays out press performance in Balzacian details that sound absolutely contemporary: News, debate, and ideas had become goods to palm off on subscribers.
    — Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022
Definition of palm off
Verb
  • Both teams threatened with Mikel Merino’s header palmed away by Matz Sels and David Raya denying Chris Wood at the other end.
    — James McNicholas, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • His stunning, one-handed outlet passes — often completed in a single fluid motion, without ever bringing the ball below his shoulders after palming the rebound — resemble water polo passes.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
Definition of palm

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“Fob off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fob%20off. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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