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Foist off

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  1. 1
    To fraudulently or disingenuously pass (goods, or ideas) on to. transitive

    "She was talking big, but the Haruhi of last year would've forced people to attend an explanatory lecture about the brigade, printed huge numbers of flyers, and foisted them off on absolutely everybody."

  2. 2
    sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive wordnet
  3. 3
    To get rid of (something unwanted) by giving it to someone else.

    "When Zeytuna didn't want to do her chores, she foisted them off on Lidya, who'd spent years being her caregiver and took over without a whisper of complaint."

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