foist
verb (used with object)
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon).
was foisting
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past progressiveof foist.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Peter Friedman, an attorney representing the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, said that Exide was foisting responsibility for the cleanup onto California taxpayers with the and state regulators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
And now Clayton hated the old money-lover who was foisting a husband on his only child merely to chain a Senator to the wheels of the money chariot.
From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Richard Savage
