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Definition of Foist off
1. Verb. Sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive.
Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense, Commerce, Commercialism, Mercantilism
Generic synonyms: Sell
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
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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