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bending to someone's will

bending to someone's will is the present participle and gerund of bend to someone's will.

Meaning of bend to someone's will

Verb

bend to someone's will (third-person singular simple present bends to someone's will, present participle bending to someone's will, simple past and past participle bent to someone's will)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To yield to persuasion or other pressure originating from someone.
    • Bangs beset her at every turn, meeting her in her walks and rides, coming on her when she was in the field, and could not escape from him, and urging his suit with persuasions, promises, and threats, determined to win her, in spite of the most firm and decided rejection repeated again and again.[…]...1893, Martha Finley, chapter 15, in The Tragedy of Wild River Valley

Questions about bending to someone's will

What is bending to someone's will the present participle and gerund of?
Bending to someone's will is the present participle and gerund of bend to someone's will.

Words near bending to someone's will in the dictionary

  1. bending the brain
  2. bending the knee
  3. bending the rules
  4. bending the truth
  5. bending to one's will
  6. bending to someone's will
  7. bendingly
  8. bendings
  9. bendiocarb
  10. bendir
  11. Bendire's shrew

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