foist
verb (used with object)
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon).
have been foisting
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present perfect progressiveof foist.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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It tastes, well, healthy, like the kind of thing Chinese grandmothers have been foisting on their ailing offspring for countless generations.
From Slate ● May 8, 2017
I have been foisting this record on everybody this year; it broke my heart in about a thousand places the first time I heard it.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2012
