fob off
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When I phoned up, I was fobbed off with a string of excuses."
- "You must not think to fob off our disgrace ; but, an't please you, deliver."
- "A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people."
- "Let’s not be fobbed off by the lie that trophy hunting is promoting conservation of these endangered species."
- "Other species have evolved elaborate defenses to deter “brood parasites,” birds that try to fob off the tedious work of parenting by slipping their eggs into other birds’ nests."
- "He fobbed off the forgery as genuine."