fob off

It would be very surprising if the courts that have been fobbed off with poor paperwork did not take a very dim view.

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.

He saw in my expression that I wasn't going to be fobbed off. He finally told me the truth.

I won't be fobbed off this time I'm determined to say what I think.

Toddlers are inquisitive. They will not be fobbed off with a stock reply but go on asking "why? why? why? "

I've no wish to be fobbed off wish one of those stale loaf.

yet it is also naive to expect investors to be fobbed off with lame efforts like the debt-ceiling deal.

I think I'm old enough to know when I'm being fobbed off, bullshitted, lied to or deceived.

After the Democratic sweep, however, extremists could no longer be fobbed off with promises of future glory.

I'd rather they'd had sent a community support officer to comfort me after it happened rather than being fobbed off with flowers.

Mr Paulson will not be fobbed off with yet another batch of Chinese Boeing orders.

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.

But the Germans fobbed off their rivals with transcripts and reports, blocking direct access to their prize informer.

The salesman fobbed off the faulty machine on the lady.

You'll most likely get no reply, or be fobbed off with some sales talk.

We needed her help but were fobbed off by promises.

He just fobbed off our suggestion.

Fobbed off the zircon as a diamond

Needed help but was fobbed off with promises