fobbed off

verb

past tense of fob off
as in wished
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 fobbed off Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fobbed off
  1. wished
  2. inflicted
  3. imposed
  4. passed off
  5. palmed off
  6. foisted
Verb
  • Shivon Zilis, the mother of four children with Musk, said their breakup was sudden but wished him the best.
    — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Nishimura then asked what the panelists wished brands would ask young people more often.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of wished
Verb
  • At issue before the court was the question of whether cities and states may sue oil and gas producers for the damages inflicted by climate change.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The brutality and inhumanity that white Americans inflicted on free and enslaved Black people drove them out.
    — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of inflicted
Verb
  • Indonesia imposed a ban on nickel ore exports to encourage smelters to move refining operations to the country; the country is now pushing to attract more of the EV value chain, including car and battery manufacturing.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Some wealthy countries, including Norway and Kuwait, have imposed strict rules to formally ban sale to teens.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of imposed
Verb
  • Both parents died before Mears was three, and he was passed off among relatives who didn’t want to care for him.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The economic costs were diffuse and passed off to future generations as additions to the national debt.
    — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of passed off
Verb
  • France took the lead with a solo try from Ntamack, who ran down the short side from about 22-meters out, dummied, palmed off a defender and crashed over in a tackle in the 52nd, and conversion from skipper Maxime Lucu.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • While other firms have trimmed entry-level hiring as AI takes over the admin tasks normally palmed off to younger workers, EY is actively investing in early-career talent.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of palmed off
Verb
  • And a hot young comic, Marshay (Brittney Ayona Clemons, convincing), is being foisted on Varnell to heighten youth appeal.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • So changes may be foisted on the American setup, just as Canfield and crew have been hitting their stride this season.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of foisted

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“Fobbed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fobbed%20off. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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