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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]
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foist foist something on or upon someone force, Translations foist [fɔɪst] vt to foist sth on sb (goods) → jdm etw andrehen; (task) → etw an jdn abschieben; (ideas, views) → jdm etw aufzwingen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And yet, tonight's episode hedges its bets, with a lot of uninteresting folderol that every reality show in existence foists upon its viewers: the farewell montage to the cattle-call losers, whom we don't know or care about in the first place; the perfectly unrevealing portraits of the winners, who seem practically interchangeable; their giddy squeals as they meet at the airport, and further giddy squeals as they move into their posh temporary digs, and their further giddy squeals -- Russell Quant chases around, trying to accommodate his mother's Christmas visit, while giving his lesbian friend whose breast cancer foists another dog upon his home, even while he is constantly being tailed, spied upon, and finally kidnaped. When her round-heeled mother foists the care of her casually-conceived babies onto Linda, she takes over the bottles and diapers without complaint. |
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