Examples of 'fobbed off' in a sentence

Meaning of "fobbed off"

Fobbed off: This phrase means to deceive or trick someone by giving them false information or excuses in order to avoid dealing with a situation or problem. It is often used to describe the act of dismissing someone or diverting their attention from the real issue
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  • simple past tense and past participle of fob off

How to use "fobbed off" in a sentence

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fobbed off
We will not be fobbed off like that.
Especially after years and years of being fobbed off.
I will not be fobbed off with an amateur.
People have a right to be heard and not fobbed off.
She was fobbed off with a standard response.
As long as they know they are not being fobbed off by the management.
Being fobbed off by them is one thing.
We are simply being fobbed off.
I will not be fobbed off with a minor functionary.
I am not going to be fobbed off.
I will not be fobbed off with rotten food now.
What has happened is totally unacceptable and we have been fobbed off with spurious pretexts.
The workers are fobbed off with a tiny share of the profits.
When customers raised concerns with the business they were either ignored or fobbed off.
I will not be fobbed off by you.

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I do not know why I keep getting fobbed off.
These men were not to be fobbed off by forms and ceremonies.
But Christians refuse to be fobbed off.
Humanity can not be fobbed off with half measures.
Her parents say they repeatedly tried to alert police but were fobbed off by authorities.
We can not be fobbed off with excuses and lame explanations.
No one in Europe is going to be fobbed off with fine words.
We shall not be fobbed off with irrelevancies or neat offers on side issues.
This time she was not going to be fobbed off with any lame excuses.
One of them is fobbed off with a flower seller by the official that he pays.
I am fed up with being fobbed off by the NHS.
And not be fobbed off by what Zeeland spends on fuel in a day.
We will not allow ourselves to be fobbed off by the Council so easily.
I was fobbed off with a load of rubbish, which was no answer at all.
I am more than fed up with being fobbed off repeatedly by your many fault managers.
What 's the difference between being fobbed off.
The monks have been fobbed off from elsewhere due to their incompetence.
The Commission cannot stand by and allow itself to be fobbed off with excuses.
They were ignored or fobbed off with platitudes and promises that never materialized.
However, we are constantly being fobbed off with words.
I will not be fobbed off with what Zeeland spends on oil every day.
At every step of the way, we have been fobbed off.
It can not be fobbed off on the Germans.
She tried to call the office, but she was fobbed off.
Eastern Europe is being fobbed off in the truest sense of the word.
Just make sure that you don't get fobbed off.
I do not want to be fobbed off with a bunch of Oxford academics I have never even met.
The country 's not in the mood to be fobbed off with fine phrases.
Have you ever been fobbed off by a retailer when it comes to a faulty product?
What 's the difference between being fobbed off Absolutely not.
We will not be fobbed off with far-fetched ideas ; we want to investigate the reality.
Halvar of Flake got fobbed off with sand!
Being fobbed off by them is one thing . I will not be fobbed off by you.
Are we perhaps being fobbed off with fine words?
Have a Smartie. I am not going to be fobbed off.

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