- force / foist something on someone
- jemandem etwas aufzwingen
English-German idiom dictionary. 2013.
force / foist something on someone
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foist something on someone — foist (something) on (someone) to force someone to accept or experience something. We even foist junk food on children in school cafeterias. Usage notes: sometimes in the form foist something off on someone: You cannot foist this ridiculous plan… … New idioms dictionary
foist something on — foist (something) on (someone) to force someone to accept or experience something. We even foist junk food on children in school cafeterias. Usage notes: sometimes in the form foist something off on someone: You cannot foist this ridiculous plan… … New idioms dictionary
foist on someone — foist (something) on (someone) to force someone to accept or experience something. We even foist junk food on children in school cafeterias. Usage notes: sometimes in the form foist something off on someone: You cannot foist this ridiculous plan… … New idioms dictionary
foist on — foist (something) on (someone) to force someone to accept or experience something. We even foist junk food on children in school cafeterias. Usage notes: sometimes in the form foist something off on someone: You cannot foist this ridiculous plan… … New idioms dictionary
foist — [ fɔıst ] verb foist ,on or foist u,pon phrasal verb transitive usually passive foist something on/upon someone to force someone to accept or deal with something that they do not want: Voters are tired of new regulations foisted on them by… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
foist — [fɔɪst] verb foist something on/upon somebody phrasal verb [transitive] to force someone to accept or deal with something that they do not want: • Decisions have been foisted on the staff by the board of directors. • I keep getting work foisted… … Financial and business terms
foist on — phrasal verb foist on or foist upon [transitive, usually passive] Word forms foist on : present tense I/you/we/they foist on he/she/it foists on present participle foisting on past tense foisted on past participle foisted on foist something… … English dictionary
foist upon — phrasal verb foist on or foist upon [transitive, usually passive] Word forms foist on : present tense I/you/we/they foist on he/she/it foists on present participle foisting on past tense foisted on past participle foisted on foist something… … English dictionary
foist on — ˈfoist ˌon ˈfoist u ˌpon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they foist on he/she/it foists on present participle … Useful english dictionary
foist upon — ˈfoist ˌon ˈfoist u ˌpon [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they foist on he/she/it foists on … Useful english dictionary
force — 1 n 1: a cause of motion, activity, or change intervening force: a force that acts after another s negligent act or omission has occurred and that causes injury to another: intervening cause at cause irresistible force: an unforeseeable event esp … Law dictionary
