to give someone an answer or explanation that is not true or complete, in order to make them stop asking questions or complaining
to give someone something that is not what they want or need
Customers complain they’re being fobbed off with an inferior model.
I’m tired of being fobbed off.
The politicians on the panel just fob off questioners with banal responses.
fobs off
fobbing off
fobbed off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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