fob (something) off on (someone)

to trick or persuade someone to take something.

Do you think we can fob the children off on Grandma this weekend?

This guy fobbed off a fake diamond on me.

Related vocabulary: palm off something

• know off by heart
• know of someone
• know of something
• know onions
• know place
• know someone by sight
• know someone from Adam
• know someone through and through
• know something
• know something backwards
• know something backwards and forwards
• know something by heart
• know something by sight
• know something inside out
• know something like the back of hand
• know something like the back of your hand
• know something off by heart
• know stuff
• know the drill
• know the first thing about
• know the first thing about something
• know the half of it
• know the meaning of the word
• know the ropes
• know the score