What does foist off mean?

foist off means "sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive".

What is another word for foist off?

Close synonyms include palm off, fob off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foist off a common word?

foist off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

foist off — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
Synonymspalm off fob off
Broadersell
crime · commerce

Questions about foist off

What does foist off mean?: foist off means "sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive".
What is another word for foist off?: Close synonyms include palm off, fob off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is foist off a common word?

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