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rush sb into (doing) sth
— phrasal verb with rush /rʌʃ/ verbDefinition
› to forcefully persuade someone to do something without giving them time to decide if they really want to do itUrging and persuadingCausing somebody to act
(Definition of rush sb into (doing) sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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