fobbed off
Example Sentences
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A woman says she was "fobbed off by the NHS" and "adenomyosis ruined my life".
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
"Too much of my job really is taken up advising victims who feel fobbed off by the police when they report coercive control," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025
He added the number of parties involved could be "depressing for a shared owner; that feeling of being passed from pillar to post and being fobbed off at different parts of the process".
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025
She said she felt "fobbed off" when she told doctors about her constipation and rectal bleeding.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024
Great curiosity was shown about this performance, and there was a great scramble for places; and, although inserts for nearly three weeks, we were fobbed off with very bad seats in the orchestra.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell
