foist
verb/fɔɪst/
/fɔɪst/
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘hide a dice in one's hand, so as to produce it at the right moment’): from Dutch dialect vuisten ‘take in the hand’, from vuist.
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they foist | /fɔɪst/ /fɔɪst/ |
| he / she / it foists | /fɔɪsts/ /fɔɪsts/ |
| past simple foisted | /ˈfɔɪstɪd/ /ˈfɔɪstɪd/ |
| past participle foisted | /ˈfɔɪstɪd/ /ˈfɔɪstɪd/ |
| -ing form foisting | /ˈfɔɪstɪŋ/ /ˈfɔɪstɪŋ/ |
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