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foistfoist /fɔɪst/ verb  foistOrigin: 1500-1600 Probably from early modern Dutch vuisten ‘to take into your hands’, from Middle Dutch vuyst ‘fist’ VERB TABLEfoist |
Present | I, you, we, they | foist | | he, she, it | foists | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | foisted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have foisted | | he, she, it | has foisted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had foisted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will foist | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have foisted |
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Present | I | am foisting | | he, she, it | is foisting | | you, we, they | are foisting | Past | I, he, she, it | was foisting | | you, we, they | were foisting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been foisting | | he, she, it | has been foisting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been foisting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be foisting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been foisting |
- Some of the critics want to foist their narrow ideological positions on him.
- The association is now trying to foist a high bill for £7,000 on to the couple.
- We do not attempt to foist this word upon them.
to force someone to accept something they do not want► force something on · He thinks that just because he's the head of department he can force his opinions on everybody.· You shouldn't blame your father -- the decision was forced on him by his situation.· Elaine kept forcing drinks on him all evening, and he wondered if she was trying to seduce him. ► impose if you impose your ideas and beliefs on other people, you try to force them to have the same ideas and beliefs as you: · Within days of being appointed office manager he had imposed his own working methods.impose something on somebody: · Teachers should try to avoid imposing their own beliefs on their students. ► inflict something on to force someone to accept something that causes them harm or suffering: · As time progressed, the king inflicted harsher and harsher measures on the people.· The new policy means that even higher bills will be inflicted on the taxpayer. ► foist something on to get rid of a thing or piece of work that you do not want by giving it to someone else: · It's no use trying to foist your work on me.foist something off on to somebody: · He's always trying to foist the children off on to me while he goes out and enjoys himself. foist something on/upon somebody phrasal verb to force someone to accept or have to deal with something that they do not want: I keep getting extra work foisted on me. |