foist
Americanverb (used with object)
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to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on orupon ).
to foist inferior merchandise on a customer.
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to bringputor introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently (usually followed by in orinto ).
to foist political views into a news story.
verb
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to sell or pass off (somethingesp an inferior article) as genuinevaluableetc
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to insert surreptitiously or wrongfully
Other Word Forms
- unfoisted adjective
Etymology
Origin of foist
1535–45; < Dutch dialect vuisten, derivative of vuist fist 1
Example Sentences
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“The city pressed private property into public servicefoisting the cost of its coronavirus response onto housing providers.”
From Los Angeles Times
Long delays will mean shippers will be trying to foist mushy brown bananas on consumers who might reject them.
From Salon
Happiness with your choice is most evident when you’re not trying to foist it onto someone else or make the choices of others into a weird crusade.
From Los Angeles Times
Some Facebook users don’t like the chatbotcomplaining in online forums that they’re tired of having AI foisted on them all the time or that they just want to stick with what they know.
From Seattle Times
It was being foisted on himand that he resented.
From Literature
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridgedbased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary© Random HouseInc. 2023
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