FOB

someone off [phrasal verb] [M], fob you off with something, fob something off on you [phrasal verb] [T often passive] - to persuade someone to accept something that is of a low quality or different to what he or she really wantedIf I decide I don't like an expensive piece of clothing that I've bought I can usually fob it off on one of my daughters as a birthday present.My niece wanted me to take her to the zoo but I managed to fob her off with an afternoon in the park.Well, he wants the report ready by tomorrow but I can always fob him off with some excuse.