fobbed off
Deceitfully passed along
Fobbed off is the past tense of fob off, meaning to dispose of something inferior by deception or to dismiss someone with evasions.
You can fob off shoddy goods on unsuspecting buyers: He fobbed off the fake watches as genuine Rolexes.
Or you can fob someone off with excuses: She kept calling the office but they fobbed her off with promises to call back.
- trickedMisled by cunning
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- dismissedReleased from duty
- dupedDeceived into believing
- deceivedMisled into false belief
runaround · snubbed · ignored · bamboozled · hoodwinked · sidelined · scorned · spurned · brushed aside · pushed aside · cast aside · turned down · disregarded · waved away · deflected · rejected · placated · substituted
genuineness of response
fobbed offtaken seriously
attended to · taken care of · prioritized · respected · valued