fobbed off
Example Sentences
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Zara Dedman, 38, from Kent, says being "fobbed off" by doctors has had a huge impact on her mental health.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"I feel totally fobbed off by Bellway," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
The 34-year-old was diagnosed after several years of "being fobbed off" and had her son Arthur in December.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024
"It's really common for young girls to get fobbed off and be told it's a mental health condition, when actually that's not the case," she says.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
Marcel added, while Bourke gasped for breath, that the gentleman in question had spoken to him alone, in the absence of other waiters, and had been fobbed off with a lie.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph
