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shove something down someone's throat

shove something down someone's throat verb: to aggressively and persistently force an opinion, belief or idea upon a person (especially if they lack interest or have an opposing viewpoint).

Verb

shove something down someone's throat (third-person singular simple present shoves something down someone's throat, present participle shoving something down someone's throat, simple past and past participle shoved something down someone's throat)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To aggressively and persistently force an opinion, belief or idea upon a person (especially if they lack interest or have an opposing viewpoint).
    • I disagreed with his opinion, but he continued to shove it down my throat.
    • […] curbes mee, / From giving reines and ſpurres to my free ſpeech, / Which elſe would be poſt vntill it had been return'd / Theſe tearmes of treaſon, doubly downe his throat,1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    Synonyms:
    force something down someone's throat, ram something down someone's throat

Synonyms of shove something down someone's throat

Forms of shove something down someone's throat

third-person singular presentshoves something down someone's throat
present participleshoving something down someone's throat
past participleshoved something down someone's throat
pastshoved something down someone's throat

Questions about shove something down someone's throat

What does shove something down someone's throat mean?
Shove something down someone's throat means to aggressively and persistently force an opinion, belief or idea upon a person (especially if they lack interest or have an opposing viewpoint).
What part of speech is shove something down someone's throat?
Shove something down someone's throat is a verb.
What is the past tense of shove something down someone's throat?
The past tense of shove something down someone's throat is shoved something down someone's throat.

Words near shove something down someone's throat in the dictionary

  1. shove it up your ass
  2. shove knife
  3. shove off
  4. shove on
  5. shove over
  6. shove something down someone's throat
  7. shove the queer
  8. shove up
  9. shove-it
  10. shove-its
  11. shoveboard

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