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foist
What does foist mean?
foist (verb): to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use foist in a sentence?
- He foisted his work on me. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce foist?
/fɔɪst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does foist come from?
Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “foist” mean?
to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride
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to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
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to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of
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to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick
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