Found 1 items, similar to To fob off.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To fob off Fob \Fob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] [Cf.Fop.] [1913 Webster] 1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick.“A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people.” --Milton. [1913 Webster]