FOB OFF


Meaning of FOB OFF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ transitive verb ]

Date: 1597

1. : to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute

2. : to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine

3. : to put aside

now fob off what once they would have welcomed eagerly — Walter Lippmann

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.