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(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.

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foist

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Source Word

foist

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɔɪst/

Verb

transitive

(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.

Japanese Meaning

こっそりと仕込む、忍び込ませる / こっそりと、あるいは不正に無理やり受け入れさせる / 本物だと偽って通そうとする

What is this buttons?

The scheming manager tried to foist outdated software on the new hires without explaining its flaws.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その陰険なマネージャーは、欠点を説明することなく、古いソフトウェアを新入社員に押し付けようとした。

Details

Sense（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.

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Sense（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.

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