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Foist off   /fɔɪst ɔf/   Listen
Foist off

verb
1.
Sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive.  Synonyms: fob off, palm off.






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"Foist off" Quotes from Famous Books



... things to go wrong than he had thought humanly possible in the management of a mine, and between ordering his machinery and taking on new men he had had scant leisure for affairs of the heart. He was young and inexperienced and the dealers took advantage of it to foist off old stock and odd parts, and then his engineers became fractious and disgruntled because he expected quick results. It was all very different from what he had expected when he had taken over the Paymaster lease, and yet it had to be endured and muddled through somehow ...
— Shadow Mountain • Dane Coolidge



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