fob off

1. 1.

   sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive

   Synonymsfoist offpalm off

   Broadersell

   crime · commerce

Questions about fob off

What does fob off mean?

fob off means "sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive".

What is another word for fob off?

Close synonyms include foist off, palm off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fob off a common word?

fob off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.