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87 lines
2.2 KiB
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{
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"fob off":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to pass or offer (something spurious) as genuine":[],
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": to put aside":[
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"now fob off what once they would have welcomed eagerly",
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"\u2014 Walter Lippmann"
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],
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": to put off with a trick, excuse, or inferior substitute":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"foist",
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"palm",
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"palm off",
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"pass off",
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"wish"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124555",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fob something off as":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to present or offer something fake or false as genuine or true":[
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"They're trying to fob off science fiction as truth."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-150505"
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},
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"fob someone or something off":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to give someone or something not wanted to someone else : to palm off someone or something":[
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"\u2014 often + on The child's father was always fobbing her off on relatives and babysitters."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163134"
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},
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"fob someone off with":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to cause someone to accept something that is false, badly made, etc., instead of what is wanted":[
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"He thought he could fob me off with some weak excuse about being too busy to talk."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192028"
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}
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} |