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US
/ˈfɔb/
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[ UK /fˈɒb/ ]
[ UK /fˈɒb/ ]
NOUN
- an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
- a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
- short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
VERB
-
deceive somebody
We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
How To Use fob In A Sentence
- You could tell just by the way they acted; the kid had been fobbed off on them for a while.
- As it is, whenever sport-led regeneration is proposed in this country, the public is fobbed off with stat-free waffle about how it will benefit and regenerate local communities – and in some cases, we seem to be dispensing with even that fig leaf. Stanley Park will bring little benefit to local community in Liverpool
- Why did 'internet' stick as a word, when 'infobahn' didn't? Times, Sunday Times
- He asked the robber to let him keep the seal from his fob watch. Times, Sunday Times
- The salesman fobbed the lady off with an imitation diamond.
- He was probably just trying to fob off the Americans. Times, Sunday Times
- I have been collecting gold pocket watches for many years; hunters and half-hunters together with alberts and half-alberts and associated fobs.
- He was probably just trying to fob off the Americans. Times, Sunday Times
- Car makers do not design vehicles that make extraneous noises and it sounds as though you have been fobbed off. Times, Sunday Times
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