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forcing down someone's throat

forcing down someone's throat is the present participle and gerund of force down someone's throat.

Meaning of force down someone's throat

Verb

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

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) Synonym of shove something down someone's throat.

Questions about forcing down someone's throat

What is forcing down someone's throat the present participle and gerund of?
Forcing down someone's throat is the present participle and gerund of force down someone's throat.

Words near forcing down someone's throat in the dictionary

  1. forcibleness
  2. forcibly
  3. Forcier
  4. Forciers
  5. forcing
  6. forcing down someone's throat
  7. forcing function
  8. forcing functions
  9. forcing house
  10. forcing houses
  11. forcing one's way

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