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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 [fɔɪst]

vb (tr)

1. (often foll by off or on) to sell or pass off (something, esp an inferior article) as genuine, valuable, etc.

2. (Law) (usually foll by in or into) to insert surreptitiously or wrongfully

[probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to enclose in one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuist fist]

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

verb

foist something on or upon someone force I don't foist my beliefs on other people.

foist something or someone off on someone unload, get rid of, pass off, palm off No wonder she was so keen to foist him off on us.

Translations

foist [fɔɪst] VT to foist sth on sb → endosar algo a algn
the job was foisted on me → me endosaron el trabajo
to foist o.s. on sb → pegarse a algn, insistir en acompañar a or ir con algn

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

foist

vt

to foist something (off) on somebody (goods) → jdm etw andrehen; task, responsibility → etw auf jdn abschieben; opinions → jdm etw aufdrängen

to foist oneself on(to) somebody → sich jdm aufdrängen

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

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