foist

🇺🇸 /fɔɪst/ 🇬🇧 /fɔɪst/
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verb
R

To force someone to accept something they don't want or isn't true.

He tried to foist his old, broken bike on me, but I refused.

R

To sneak something in without people noticing or directly.

The new rules were foisted on us without any warning.

translation

v. To force someone to accept something they don't want or isn't true.; To sneak something in without people noticing or directly.

Word Forms

3rd Present foists
Past foisted
Perfect foisted
Progressive foisting