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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.

[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

[C16: probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to enclose in one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuist fist]

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foist

(fɔɪst)

v.t.

1. to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usu. fol. by off, on, or upon): to foist inferior goods on a customer.

2. to put or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently (usu. fol. by in or into).

[1535–45; < dial. Dutch vuisten, fist]

foist

Past participle: foisted
Gerund: foisting

Imperative
foist
foist

Present
I foist
you foist
he/she/it foists
we foist
you foist
they foist

Preterite
I foisted
you foisted
he/she/it foisted
we foisted
you foisted
they foisted

Present Continuous
I am foisting
you are foisting
he/she/it is foisting
we are foisting
you are foisting
they are foisting

Present Perfect
I have foisted
you have foisted
he/she/it has foisted
we have foisted
you have foisted
they have foisted

Past Continuous
I was foisting
you were foisting
he/she/it was foisting
we were foisting
you were foisting
they were foisting

Past Perfect
I had foisted
you had foisted
he/she/it had foisted
we had foisted
you had foisted
they had foisted

Future
I will foist
you will foist
he/she/it will foist
we will foist
you will foist
they will foist

Future Perfect
I will have foisted
you will have foisted
he/she/it will have foisted
we will have foisted
you will have foisted
they will have foisted

Future Continuous
I will be foisting
you will be foisting
he/she/it will be foisting
we will be foisting
you will be foisting
they will be foisting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been foisting
you have been foisting
he/she/it has been foisting
we have been foisting
you have been foisting
they have been foisting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been foisting
you will have been foisting
he/she/it will have been foisting
we will have been foisting
you will have been foisting
they will have been foisting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been foisting
you had been foisting
he/she/it had been foisting
we had been foisting
you had been foisting
they had been foisting

Conditional
I would foist
you would foist
he/she/it would foist
we would foist
you would foist
they would foist

Past Conditional
I would have foisted
you would have foisted
he/she/it would have foisted
we would have foisted
you would have foisted
they would have foisted

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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"

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.

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foist

verb

1. To offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item):

fob off, palm off, pass off, put off.

2. To force (another) to accept a burden:

impose, inflict, saddle.

Informal: stick.

3. To introduce gradually and slyly:

edge, infiltrate, insinuate, wind, work, worm.

Translations

ujuttaa

attaccare imporre rifilare

opdringen opzadelen

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

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foist

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

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foist

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

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foist

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

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Darya Alexandrovna certainly did not like this little way of Stepan Arkadyevitch's of foisting his domestic duties on others.

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We feared that having found this somewhere it had aroused his cupidity and led him to believe that in some way he could obtain the reward, possibly by foisting upon us a white girl on the chance that so many years had elapsed that we would not be able to recognize an imposter as such."

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Furthermore, we charge that the Iron Heel was guilty of the outrage, and that the Iron Heel planned and perpetrated the outrage for the purpose of foisting the guilt on our shoulders and so bringing about our destruction.

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Former Malir SSP Rao Anwar, then DSP Qamar Ahmed Shaikh, and their 10 detained and 14 absconding subordinates have been booked for allegedly killing four men, including Mehsud, in a fake shoot-out in Shah Latif Town on January 13 this year and, separately for foisting fake recoveries of illicit arms and explosives on the victims.

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ISLAMABAD -- On the 138th birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the sage, poet and philosopher today the best way to pay homage to him is to reiterate our resolve not to allow anyone to exploit religion for foisting their own political agenda or for perpetrating violence, said the former president Asif Zardari in a message on the occasion.

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They have to know that they will be collapsed while they foisting world upon us." she added.

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Alleging that the ruling AIADMK and the state police were foisting false cases against the DMK men in order to intimidate them and create cracks within his party, Mr Karunanidhi said the party functionaries were either fleeing from homes or living under distress.

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But Max Wallis, of Barry and Vale Friends of the Earth said the roadshows were a "contrick" aimed at "foisting incineration on us".

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But just occasionally I wish those of a claret persuasion would avoid foisting their love of West Ham on their readers.