fob off on



fob something off on somebody

also fob off something on somebody
to trick or persuade someone to take something Do you think we can fob the children off on Grandma this weekend? This guy fobbed off a fake diamond on me.
Related vocabulary: palm off something
See also: fob, off, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aleksanderahl-ek-SAHN-der (Polish)Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish
PlinyPLIN-ee (English)History
Ya'rah-Biblical Hebrew
Afra (1)-Late Roman
FlavioFLAH-vyoItalian, Spanish
OgdenAWG-dənEnglish