English Dictionary

foist

/fɔɪst/

verb

(transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. / (transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit. / (transitive) To pass off as genuine or worthy.

He tried to foist his unwanted ideas on the team.

意味（1）

(transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

But apart from this, it is difficult for a man like Watt to tell a long story like Watt's without leaving out some things, and foisting in others.

意味（2）

(transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.

It is only a decade or so since the air was thick with muttering that L.M.S. influence was far too strong on the newly-born Railway Executive and that too many L.M.S. practices were being foisted on the rest of the system.

意味（3）

(transitive) To pass off as genuine or worthy.

foist costly and valueless products on the public