fob

fob (someone or something) off on (someone or something)

1. To convince someone to buy something through some form of deceit. He's a rube, so we can definitely fob this piece of junk off on him.
2. To turn an unwanted person or thing over to someone else. Why are you fobbing Albert off on me? I don't want to spend time with that dullard any more than you do!
See also: fob, off, on

fob off

1. To evade or dupe someone or avoid some responsibility through some form of deceit. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fob" and "off." I didn't feel like working in the tutoring center today, so I fobbed my teacher off with the first excuse I could think of.
2. To attempt to sell, dispose of, or pass off something through fraudulent or deceptive means. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fob" and "off." He's been fobbing off cheap watches as Rolexes out on the street. It turns out the student had purchased a pre-written essay online and tried to fob it off on his professor.
See also: fob, off

fresh off the boat

Newly immigrated, especially without having yet assimilated the host country's language, culture, and/or behavior. My grandfather was still fresh off the boat when he opened up his business here in 1820, and he didn't speak a lick of English.
See also: boat, fresh, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fob someone or something off (on or onto someone)

to get rid of someone or something by transferring someone or something to someone. Don't try to fob your girlfriend off on me! He also fobbed off a bad car on Jane. Some car dealers are always trying to fob something off.
See also: fob, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

fob off

1. Sell or dispose of goods by fraud or deception, as in They tried to fob off the zircon as a diamond. [c. 1600]
2. Put off or appease by deceitful means, as in We needed her help but were fobbed off by promises. [c. 1600]
See also: fob, off
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

fob off

v.
1. To dispose of something by fraud or deception; palm off: The jeweler fobbed off the zircon as a diamond. The crook fobbed the broken computer off as functional.
2. To put someone off or appease someone by deceit or evasion: He wanted to go on a date, but she fobbed him off with excuses. The landlord fobbed off the tenants' complaints for another month.
See also: fob, off
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

FOB

mod. fresh off the boat; as gullible and trusting as a new immigrant. (Initialism. A play on the initials of Free on Board.) Where did you get those FOB shoes? Blue suede is back?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • fob (someone or something) off on (someone or something)
  • push off on
  • fob off
  • has had its chips
  • I told you so
  • (I) told you (so)
  • lie (one's) way into (something or some place)
  • lied
  • bluff
  • bluff way
References in periodicals archive
The automotive company said it has started to release an over-the-air update which is going to allow certain owners to update their fobs from inside their vehicles within two minutes.
Telsa Rolls Out Key Fob Update For Model S
FOB West fired four warning shots to freeze the fleeing illegal miners, who realized that they had been rendered powerless, after the team had seized their pump-action gun.
Operation Vanguard digs deep for 'galamseyers'
In addition to the procedures performed in the SPDT group, FOB in the FPDT group was inserted through the small hole in the cap of the catheter mounted on the ET by an expert physician who had experience of using FOB.
The role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy monitoring during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy and its routine use into tracheotomy practice
When a FOB was in a town or a densely populated area, it could be donated to the Afghan government or Afghan locals through the FERP process.
Base closure assistance team: a valuable resource for closing FOBs: the base closure assistance team helped forward operating base leaders determine the disposition of equipment and real property as they prepared to leave Afghanistan
Concurrent with the cable and wire mission, a 198th ESB Network Engineering team was creating a data stack for deployment to the FOB. The data stack consisted of all the networking equipment, file storage and computing power required to locally provide file, voice, e-mail and print services on site.
General TCF closure tasks in the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Panamax cargoes of 4,200 kcal/kg GAR coal are being offered at about $38/mt FOB but deals could be concluded at not lower than $37.80/mt FOB, a fourth Indonesia-based trader said.
Indonesian Thermal Coal Supply Chain Faces New Challenge: Platts
All major tenants on FOB Salerno (such as 4th Brigade Combat Team task forces, Special Operations Command elements, other government agency partners, and other military units) comprised this category.
Closing FOBs in Afghanistan
They added, "We admire Patrick Stump's open-mindedness to different forms of music and incorporating them to the FOB context.
Fall Out Boy magic still on, says Chicosci
"People have not been looking when locking their cars with the fobs, perhaps doing it over their shoulder.
MOTORISTS FEAR CAR KEY SIGNAL SCAM
Today's key fobs can be generally subdivided into two different functional categories.
Requirements for designing next-generation key fobs
398.00 + 1.00 Oct 10 unq Oct 10 398.00 unch Nov-Dec 10 383.00 + 3.00 Nov-Dec 10 400.00 + 2.00 Jan-Mar 11 380.00 + 2.00 Jan-Mar 10 396.00 + 2.00 Apr-Sep 11 358.00 + 2.00 May-Sep 11 367.00 + 2.00 Oct-Dec 11 374.00 + 2.00 Soy Pellets, 49% max 3.5% Soybean Hull/Husk Pellets fibre, 13.5 % moisture any Origin, (Euro/metric ton) FOB Rotterdam/Amsterdam Fob Rotterdam/Amsterdam Oct 10 405.00 + 2.00 Nov 10 164.00 unch Nov 10 407.00 + 2.00 Nov-Jan 11 405.00 + 2.00 Nov-Apr 11 406.00 unch May-Jul 11 386.00 + 1.00 May-Oct 11 384.00 + 2.00 Afl:= Afloat unch = unchanged unq = unquoted
European Feed Raw Material Prices - 5 October 2010
Glencore took two parcels, each for November and December at premiums of about $4.00-$5.00 a ton FOB, while Gunvor bought a cargo for December at around $6.50 a ton FOB.
Egypt sells 350,000T; JPMorgan key buyer
Recognizing this difficulty inherent in establishing chemical identity between biological drugs, Congress opted to require that FOBs be "biosimilar" to the reference product, instead of "identical." An FOB application must demonstrate biosimilarity between the FOB and the reference product through data derived from analytical, animal and clinical studies.
Faster regulatory path for follow-on biologics is a win for pharma: a number of factors suggest that the approval pathway for follow-on biologics has been a significant regulatory victory for pioneer drug makers. Some experts have argued that the existence of this new regulatory pathway increases the likelihood that such affordable drugs will become available, which provides some hope for patients
Getting called a FOB ("fresh off the boat") used to be the ultimate put-down for Asian Americans.
From FOB to Fobulous
The WR sent them a reminder to repair the Santacruz FOB on Friday.
India : Dilapidated foot overbridge at Santacruz slows train services