English Dictionary

foist off

verb

(transitive) To fraudulently or disingenuously pass (goods, or ideas) on to. / To get rid off (something unwanted) by giving it to someone else.

He tried to foist off his old car on me.

意味（1）

(transitive) To fraudulently or disingenuously pass (goods, or ideas) on to.

She was talking big, but the Haruhi of last year would've forced people to attend an explanatory lecture about the brigade, printed huge numbers of flyers, and foisted them off on absolutely everybody.

意味（2）

To get rid off (something unwanted) by giving it to someone else.

When Zeytuna didn't want to do her chores, she foisted them off on Lidya, who'd spent years being her caregiver and took over without a whisper of complaint.