fob off

fob off  {v.},  {informal}
1. To get something false accepted as good or real.
The peddler fobbed off pieces of glass as diamonds.
Syn.: PALM OFF, PASS OFF.
2. To put aside; not really answer but get rid of.
Her little brother asked where she was going, but she fobbed him off with ah excuse.
Categories: informal verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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