Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

    aufdrängen, aufhalsen

    подсу́нутьpodsúnutʹ, подсо́выватьpodsóvyvatʹ

    insert surreptitiously or without warrant

  2. (transitive)To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.

    aufzwingen

    навяза́тьnavjazátʹ, навя́зыватьnavjázyvatʹ

    to force onto another

  3. (transitive)To pass off as genuine or worthy.

    подсу́нутьpodsúnutʹ, подсо́выватьpodsóvyvatʹ

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I don't want to foist anything on you.

    ruЯ не хочу вам ничего навязывать. — marafon

    deIch will dir nichts aufdrängen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Don't try to foist your ideas on others.

    ruНе пытайтесь навязывать свои идеи другим. — marafon

  3. He foisted a bunch of hard work on me.

  4. Domestic foes argue the so-called unity government lacks legitimacy and has been foisted on the country by foreign powers.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
introduce or insert surreptitiously:
force another to accept:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
introduce or insert surreptitiously:
force another to accept:

Origin

Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten

Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).

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Forms

foists, foisting, foisted, foisted
Base formfoist · to foist
3rd person singularfoists
Present participlefoisting
Past simplefoisted
Past participlefoisted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfoist
he, she, itfoists

Past simpleLesson

all personsfoisted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave foisted
he, she, ithas foisted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill foist

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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