FOB SOMEONE OFF

Meaning of FOB SOMEONE OFF in English

deceitfully attempt to satisfy someone by making excuses or giving them something inferior.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

FOB SOMEONE OFF — PUT OFF, stall, give someone the runaround, deceive; placate, appease. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OFF
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOB — I. ˈfäb transitive verb ( fobbed ; fobbed ; fobbing ; fobs ) Etymology: Middle English fobben — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOB — fob 1 /fob/ , n. 1. a small pocket just below the waistline in trousers for a watch, keys, change, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOB — I. ˈfäb transitive verb ( fobbed ; fob·bing ) Etymology: Middle English fobben Date: 14th century archaic : deceive , …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
FOB — noun a little pocket for a watch. 2. fob (·vt) to beat; to maul. 3. fob (·vt) to cheat; to …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOB — [fob] vt fobbed ; fob.bing [ME fobben] (14c) archaic: deceive, cheat [2]fob n [perh. akin to G dial. Fuppe pocket] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOB — [FOB] abbreviation free on board
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOB — fob BrE AmE fɒb AmE fɑːb ▷ fobbed fɒbd AmE fɑːbd ▷ fobbing ˈfɒb ɪŋ AmE ˈfɑːb ɪŋ ▷ fobs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOB — / fɒb; NAmE fɑːb/ verb , noun ■ verb ( -bb- ) • PHRASAL VERBS - fob sb off (with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOB — I. fob 1 /fɒb $ fɑːb/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle fobbed , present participle fobbing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOB — n. & v. --n. 1 (in full fob-chain) a chain attached to a watch for carrying in a waistcoat or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOB — v.tr. (fobbed, fobbing) fob off 1 (often foll. by with a thing) deceive into accepting something inferior. 2 (often foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOB — n. & v. n. 1 (in full fob-chain) a chain attached to a watch for carrying in a waistcoat or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
FOB — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. (in full fob-chain) a chain attached to a watch for carrying in a waistcoat …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOB — ( fobs, fobbing, fobbed) In former times, a fob was a short chain or piece of cloth which fastened a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOB — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fob watch EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Confronted in his domestic environment, he would find …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
FOB — someone off [phrasal verb] [M], fob you off with something, fob something off on you [phrasal verb] [T often passive] …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOB — cheat, trick, or contrivance, I will not be fobbed off so; I will not be thus deceived with false pretences. …
Slang English vocab
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOB — n. 25A0; fob someone off I wasn't going to be fobbed off with excuses : PUT OFF, stall, give someone …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOB — Fresh Off the Bone Fresh Over the Border Friend(s) Of Bill (Clinton) Full of Baloney :-) Full of Beer :-) …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOB — I сущ. кармашек для часов II гл. обманывать; получать или навязывать обманным путем to fob off smb. with smth., to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEONE — someone.ogg ʹsʌm|wʌn,-ʹsʌmwən indef pron кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо someone else - кто-то другой someone else's - чужой, не свой someone or …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOB — _I fɒb n 1. кармашек для часов 2. = fob-chain 3. амер. брелок _II 1. fɒb n арх. разг. обман; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1) второстепенный 2) выключенный 3) дальний 4) дальше отстоящий 5) незначительный 6) низкосортный 7) разъединенный 8) свободный • cast off the mooring rope — отдать причальный конец cut off a …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SOMEONE — someone мест.; неопред.кто-нибудь, кто-то Someone knocked at the door. — В дверь кто-то постучал. Syn:somebody, anybodyGram: someone
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FOB — кармашек для часов to fob off smb. with smth., to fob smth. off on smb. - надувать кого-л.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SOMEONE — indef pron кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо someone else - кто-то другой someone else's - чужой, не свой someone or other - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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