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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. See also: fob How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But if it was OK for Bush to fob off policy questions, for Dean the rules were different. In the course of pursuing the carousel's mystery, Victor and Ida and the brothers fob off Prosper and Bo's aunt with the kind of child she really wants and band together as a new kind of family--a sweet and comforting conclusion that will satisfy readers whose hearts have been touched by the loyalty and courage of the two brothers and the rewarded generosity of their new foster parents. These Merrill Lynch/Enron trades were misrepresented and/or concealed from Allegheny Energy and allowed Merrill Lynch to fob off its energy trading business to Allegheny Energy for far more than it was worth. |
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