Meaning of foist off | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

“I used to think⟳ New Yorkers invented trends and foisted them off on a gullible nation but weren't themselves […]”

“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.”

“Countries with export surpluses foisted them off by bounties or placed them through unilateral agreements.”

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