[fob off] vt (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"
[fob off] vt (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 English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012