force/ram sth down sb's throat
Definition
› to force someone to listen to opinions and ideas and to try to get them to accept them: I can't bear it when someone starts ramming their views down your throat.Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to act
(Definition of force/ram sth down sb's throat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- brainwash verb
- charm verb
- exhort verb
- get (sth) through (to sb) phrasal verb
- get round sb phrasal verb
- incite verb
- intercede verb
- persuasion noun (CHANGING IDEAS)
- persuasive adjective
- pitch noun (PERSUASION)
- pitch verb (PERSUADE)
- preach to the converted idiom
- preach verb (PERSUADE)
- rope sb in phrasal verb
- snow job noun
- spiel noun
- sweet talk noun
- talk sb down phrasal verb (PERSUADE)
- talk sb out of sth phrasal verb
- well argued adjective
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