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dragoon someone into something
phrasal verb with dragoonverbuk /drəˈɡuːn/ us /drəˈɡuːn/
to force or persuade someone to do something unpleasant: 迫使…做…；勉强…做…
[ + -ing verb ]I've been dragooned into giving the after-dinner speech.我被迫要在晚餐后发言。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
arm-twisting
bludgeon
bounce someone into something
browbeat someone into something/doing something
bull something through
coercion
drive someone/something to something
duress
force someone's handidiom
forced marriage
forcible
push (someone) toward(s) something
put the heat on someoneidiom
put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom
rallying cry
ram something down someone's throatidiom
ransom
slap
squeeze
wring
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