Usually means: Deceive someone with false excuses.
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  1. fob off: Merriam-Webster
  2. fob off: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fob off: Vocabulary.com
  4. fob off: Wiktionary
  5. fob off: Dictionary.com
  6. fob off: Rhymezone
  7. fob off: FreeDictionary.org
  8. fob off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. fob off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. fob off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fob off: Idioms

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  1. fob off: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fob off)

verb:  (informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected.
verb:  (informal, transitive) To fraudulently dispose of (goods).

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