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单词 to crowd the mourners
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to crowd the mourners
f. to crowd the mourners: to exercise undue pressure; to push or hurry in an unseemly manner. U.S. colloquial.
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade [verb (intransitive)] > pressurize
to put (also keep) the screw (also screws) on1659
to crowd the mourners1842
to bring pressure to bear1853
to put (also bring, exert) pressure on1853
pressure1922
to be on someone's wheel1941
to twist (someone's) arm1953
1842 Spirit of Times XII. 426 In the second mile, however, Fashion commenced ‘crowding the mourners’ by brushing down both straight sides.
1868 Congr. Globe 19 Feb. 1263/3 [Such an argument as] this is ‘crowding the mourners’.
1904 W. H. Smith Promoters xix. 282 I don't want to crowd the mourners at your end of the line.
1923 Dial. Notes 5 205 Keep ca'm now, an' don't crowd the mourners.
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