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forced someone's hand

forced someone's hand is the simple past and past participle of force someone's hand.

Meaning of force someone's hand

Verb

force someone's hand (third-person singular simple present forces someone's hand, present participle forcing someone's hand, simple past and past participle forced someone's hand)

  1. (idiomatic) Bring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.

Questions about forced someone's hand

What is forced someone's hand the simple past and past participle of?
Forced someone's hand is the simple past and past participle of force someone's hand.

Words near forced someone's hand in the dictionary

  1. forced perspectives
  2. forced rhyme
  3. forced rhymes
  4. forced sale
  5. forced sales
  6. forced someone's hand
  7. forced something down someone's throat
  8. forced teaming
  9. forced the pace
  10. forced the voucher
  11. forced throw

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