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verb
- 1. impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on: "don't let anyone foist inferior goods on you"
The meaning of FOIST is to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. How to use foist in a sentence. Did you know?
Anything — a person or object or idea — can be foisted if it's done by force upon an unwilling party. Foist used to imply a degree of deception rather than just brute force, but that's a meaning that's pretty much lost now: if something's foisted upon you, you know about it.
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 definition: to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon). See examples of FOIST used in a sentence.
1. (usually fol. by on or upon) to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably. to foist inferior merchandise on a customer. 2. (usually fol. by in or into) to bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently. to foist political views into a news story.
Foist Definition. To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy. To put in slyly or surreptitiously, as a clause into a contract. To get (a thing) accepted, sold, etc. by fraud, deception, etc.; palm off.
Definition of foist verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'foist'. 1. to put in slyly or surreptitiously, as a clause into a contract. [...] 2. to get (a thing) accepted, sold, etc. by fraud, deception, etc.; palm off. with on or upon [...] More.
5 days ago · foist (third-person singular simple present foists, present participle foisting, simple past and past participle foisted) ( transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant . 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
To impose or force something unwanted or unnecessary onto someone else, often through deception or manipulation. "The salesman tried to foist the inferior product onto the customer." It can also refer to the act of passing off a fake or inferior product or service as genuine or high-quality.
