foist+in
11foist — ► VERB (foist on) ▪ impose (an unwelcome person or thing) on. ORIGIN originally in the sense «dishonestly manipulate a dice»: from Dutch dialect vuisten take in the hand …
12foist — [foist] vt. [prob. < dial. Du vuisten, to hold in the hand; hence, in dicing, to hide or palm in the hand < vuist, a fist, akin to FIST] 1. to put in slyly or surreptitiously, as a clause into a contract 2. to get (a thing) accepted, sold,… …
13foist — I verb apply pressure, beguile, coerce, compel, compel to accept, constrain, deceive, fob off on, force, force upon, gull, impose, impose by fraud, inflict, insert surreptitiously, palm off, palm off fraudulently, pass off as genuine, put in… …
14foist — (v.) 1540s, from Du. vuisten take in hand, from M.Du. vuist fist (see FIST (Cf. fist)). Earliest sense was cheating at dice by concealing a loaded one in the palm of the hand with the intention of introducing it into play; meaning introduce… …
15foist — [v] force upon compel to accept, fob off, impose, insert fraudulently, palm off, pass off, pull a fast one*, ram down one’s throat*, sneak in; concept 14 …
16foist on — phrasal verb foist on or foist upon [transitive, usually passive] Word forms foist on : present tense I/you/we/they foist on he/she/it foists on present participle foisting on past tense foisted on past participle foisted on foist something… …
17foist — UK [fɔɪst] / US verb Word forms foist : present tense I/you/we/they foist he/she/it foists present participle foisting past tense foisted past participle foisted Phrasal verbs: foist on …
18foist — /foyst/, v.t. 1. to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually fol. by on or upon): to foist inferior merchandise on a customer. 2. to bring, put, or introduce surreptitiously or fraudulently (usually fol. by in or into): to… …
19foist — 1. verb /fɔɪst/ a) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. attempts to foist alleged grammatical “correctness” on native speakers of an “incorrect” dialect are nothing but the unacknowledged and oppressive exercise of social… …
20foist — Synonyms and related words: bamboozle, barge in, beguile, break in, break in upon, burst in, butt in, charge in, cheat, come between, crash, crash in, crash the gates, creep in, crowd in, cut in, deceive, defraud, delude, drag in, dupe, edge in,… …
