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foist someone or something off (on someone or something)

to cast someone or something unwanted off on someone or a group. Please don't try to foist cheap merchandise off on me. Don't foist off your brother on me! You can't foist that stuff off! It's worthless! People won't buy it!

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Into these chambers of horrors descended the Far Flungers, the jolly uncle and his ebullient wife bringing with them not only gifts beautifully wrapped by Santa''s elves (that''s the malarkey they tried to foist off onto The Twins) but another strain of It which included high fevers and sweats that drenched the guestroom bedding. An anti-It Medication by Scarlett O'Cheesecake / Literature, writing, book reviews community The editors of the journal Economica had proposed to foist off on me the review of a book that, at best, was unlikely to garner much attention in the UK and in a field about which I knew little if anything. Generalists' Generalisimo by Baumol, William J. / American Economist Can you tell what kind of customer you want to encourage and which you'd be happy to foist off on your competition? CRM solutions: the eyebrow tweezers or flamethrower? by Sims, David / Customer Interaction Solutions			fly over fly past fly the coop fly the flag fly the nest fly to fly up to fly-by-night flying flying high foam foam at the mouth foam up foaming at the mouth fob fob off fob off on focus focus on fog fog over fog up foggiest foggy foist foist off foist on fold fold away fold back fold hands fold into fold over fold up fold, spindle, or mutilate folding money folk folks follow follow about follow heart follow in footsteps follow in tracks follow lead follow nose follow on follow orders follow out follow suit follow the crowd follow through			Foinitskii, Ivan Iakovlevich foins FOIO FoIP FoIP FOIPA FOIPO FOIPOP FOIPP FOIPPA FOIR Foire Agri-Culture Internationale Foire Aux Question Foire Aux Questions Foire International d'Alger Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain FOIRL FOIRL FOIS Fois gras Fois gras FOISA FOISD Foism foison foisons foist foist foist foist off foist on foist oneself foist upon foisted foisted foisted Foister Foistied Foistiness foisting foisting foisting foists foists foists Foisty FoIT FOIU FOIVCS FOIW Foix Foix, Gaston de Foix-Alajouanine syndrome Foix-Alajouanine syndrome Foix-Alajouanine syndrome FOJ FÖJ FOJA FOJAC FOJB

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