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During the parliamentary committee hearing, the minister attempted to __________ the panel with evasive responses regarding the unaccounted project funds. Which of the following phrasal verbs correctly completes the sentence?

  1. fob offCevap
  2. B
    fob over
  3. C
    gloss over
  4. D
    palm away

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fob off
The phrasal verb 'fob off' accurately fits the idiomatic pattern 'to fob someone off with something', meaning to attempt to deceive or appease a person using evasive or unsatisfactory excuses. In the given sentence, the minister tries to put off 'the panel' with 'evasive responses'.

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1
Analyze the context and grammatical structure of the sentence.
The sentence requires a transitive phrasal verb that takes a person/group ('the panel') as its direct object and collocates with 'with evasive responses' to express deceiving or putting someone off with inadequate answers.
Understanding both the syntactic frame (verb + object + with + noun) and semantic meaning is necessary to choose the exact phrasal verb.
2
Evaluate the idiom 'fob off'.
'Fob off' correctly fits the construction 'fob [someone] off with [something]', meaning to give someone an unsatisfactory explanation to avoid answering properly.
It matches standard British English idiomatic usage required by JAMB UTME assessments.

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