fob off
[verb]
Synonyms: foist, palm (on or upon), palm off, pass off, work off

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

fob somebody ↔ off phrasal verb (see also fob)

1. to tell someone something that is not true in order to stop them from complaining
fob somebody ↔ off with
She fobbed him off with a promise to pay him the money next week.

2. to give someone something that is not very good instead of the thing they really want
fob somebody ↔ off with
They tried to fob me off with a cheap camera.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

fob off
v., informal
1. To get something false accepted as good or real.
The peddler fobbed off pieces of glass as diamonds.
Synonym: 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.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲