foist (redirected from foists)

foist  (foist)

tr.v. foist·ed, foist·ing, foists

1. To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy: "I can usually tell whether a poet . . . is foisting off on us what he'd like to think is pure invention" (J.D. Salinger).

2. To impose (something or someone unwanted) upon another by coercion or trickery: They had extra work foisted on them because they couldn't say no to the boss.

3. To insert fraudulently or deceitfully: foisted unfair provisions into the contract.

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[Probably Dutch dialectal vuisten, to take in hand, from Middle Dutch, from vuist, fist; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

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foist

Verb

foist on to force (someone) to have or experience (something): the tough economic policies which have been foisted on the developing world [probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to enclose in one's hand]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	foist - to force onto another; "He foisted his work on me" inflict, impose, bring down, visit - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
	2.	foist - insert surreptitiously or without warrant put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"

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foist

foist something on or upon someone force,

Translations

foist [fɔɪst] vt to foist sth on sb → endilgarle algo a algn

foist [fɔɪst] vt to foist sth on sb → imposer qch à qn

foist [fɔɪst] vt to foist sth on sb (goods) → jdm etw andrehen;

(task) → etw an jdn abschieben;

(ideas, views) → jdm etw aufzwingen

foist [fɔɪst] vt to foist sth on sb → rifilare qc a qn