Definition of Foist off

1. Verb. Sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive.


Definition of Foist off

1. Verb. (transitive) To fraudulently pass (goods, or ideas) on to. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To lie to; tell a lie to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foist Off

foilist
foilists
foils
foilsman
foilsmen
foin
foine
foined
foinery
foining
foins
foism
foison
foisons
foist
foist off (current term)
foisted
foister
foisters
foistiness
foisting
foists
foistware
foisty
foitite
fol-de-rol
folacin
folacins
folar
folate

Literary usage of Foist off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"He insists on fob off on and foist on and says foist off is wrong. Longman 1984 takes Fowler's position. We have two separate issues mingled here. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1818)
"... either cash or connexions ; and who think them« selves bucks, if they can foist off a guinea's worth of their balderdash, once in the twelvemonth. ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"... great quantity of bad liquor which they endeavoured to foist off on the public as the genuine and carefully selected stock of a well-known connoisseur. ..."

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