bounce sb into sth
UK— phrasal verb with bounce uk/baʊns/us/baʊns/verb
to force someone to do something that they do not want to do, usually relating to politics:
[ + -ing verb ] The opposition hopes to bounce the prime minister into calling an early election.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- push
- railroad
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
- wring sth from/out of sb
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