With other as head of a noun phrase. In later use usually followed by than. Now literary. Referring to a thing, course of action, etc.
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释义 | the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] > scope for choice > absence of (4) noneeOE With other as head of a noun phrase. In later use usually followed by than. Now literary. Referring to a thing, course of action, etc. force-put1658 An action rendered unavoidable by circumstances; a ‘Hobson's choice’. Hobson's choice1660 Hobson's choice: the option of taking the one thing offered or nothing; also rhyming slang for ‘voice’; frequently elliptical. put1805 An unavoidable action or situation; = force-put, n. Obsolete. rare. |
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