fob off

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fob someone or something off (on or onto someone)

to get rid of someone or something by transferring someone or something to someone. Don't try to fob your girlfriend off on me! He also fobbed off a bad car on Jane. Some car dealers are always trying to fob something off.

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Worried SNP campaign co-ordinator Stewart Hosie MP said: "This record poll delay truly takes the biscuit and Labour's attempts to fob off people in Glasgow just won't wash. SNP slam record 114-day poll delay by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Instead they offer to miss out on a bonus earned for failure to try to fob off the general public. Letter: Banks for nothing - The BIG issue by The Mirror (London, England) He said: "The North East Ambulance Service and the County Durham Primary Care Trust has in the past tried to fob off the Dales with a poorer service and we are not prepared to allow that to happen. 'Unacceptable' response time of rural 999 service; Paramedics may ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			fly in the face of fly in the ointment fly into fly into a rage fly into the face of danger fly off fly off the handle fly off with fly out fly out of fly over fly past fly the coop fly the flag fly the nest fly to fly up to fly-by-night flying flying high foam foam at the mouth foam up foaming at the mouth fob fob off fob off on focus focus on fog fog over fog up foggiest foggy foist foist off foist on fold fold away fold back fold hands fold into fold over fold up fold, spindle, or mutilate folding money folk folks follow follow about follow heart			FOASI FOASN FOAST FOAT FOAV FOAVC FOAW Foawr fob fob fob fob fob fob FOB Airport FOB Airports fob chain fob chain fob chain fob chain fob chains fob chains fob chains fob chains FOB Freight Allowed FOB Freight Prepaid FOB Named Inland Carrier FOB Named Inland Carriers FOB Named Port of Exportation FOB Named Ports of Exportation fob off fob off on fob off on fob off on fob off on fob off on Fob pocket Fob pocket Fob pocket Fob pocket Fob pocket fob pockets fob pockets fob pockets fob pockets Fob sign FOB Vessel FOB Vessel FOB Vessel FOB Vessel FOB Vessels FOB Vessels FOB Vessels FOB Vessels fob watch fob watches FOB, Stowed and Trimmed FOB-2 FOB6 FOBA FOBAB

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