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1．get sth．false or inferior accepted as good or real； trick or deceive sb． into buying or accepting以假货或次货骗人；欺骗某人购买或接受
Actually the foreign stamps displayed in the window were of very little value， but he had found that they could be fobbed off upon children．说实在的，橱窗里展出的外国邮票并没有什么价值，但他发现那些邮票却可以拿来哄骗小孩。
The peddler fobbed off pieces of glass as diamonds．这小贩鱼目混珠，以玻璃充当钻石骗人。
2．put aside ； not really answer but get rid of丢在一边；置之不理
Her little brother asked where she was going， but she fobbed him off with an excuse．她弟弟问她去哪里，但她却借故不答。
3．put sb．off by deception or trickery用欺骗、诡计打发某人；搪塞某人
He tried to fob us off with the excuse that he had been ill， and so had overlooked the matter．他企图以病为借口欺骗我们，说因为生病才忽略了这件事。
When the creditors demanded their money， they were fobbed off with a promise to pay them when he received his rents at the end of the month．当债主们来索钱时，他以月底拿到租钱就付款的谎言搪塞他们。
fob off|fob
v.,
informal 1. To get something false accepted as good or real.
The peddler fobbed off pieces of glass as diamonds. Synonym: PALM OFF, PASS OFF. 2. To put aside; not really answer but get rid of.
Her little brother asked where she was going, but she fobbed him off with ah excuse.fob off
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1. Sell or actuate of appurtenances by artifice or deception, as in They approved to fob off the zircon as a diamond. [c. 1600]
2. Put off or allay by artful means, as in We bare her advice but were fobbed off by promises. [c. 1600] Learn more: fob, offfob off
v.
1. To actuate of article by artifice or deception; approach off: The jeweler fobbed off the zircon as a diamond. The cheat fobbed the burst computer off as functional.
2. To put addition off or allay addition by ambidexterity or evasion: He capital to go on a date, but she fobbed him off with excuses. The freeholder fobbed off the tenants' complaints for addition month.
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