- force someone's hand
- If you force someone's hand, you make them do something unwillingly or sooner than planned.
The interviewer forced Brad's hand and made him reveal his relocation plans.
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
force someone's hand
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force someone's hand — To compel someone • • • Main Entry: ↑hand * * * force someone’s hand phrase to make someone do something that they did not want to do, or to make them do something sooner than they intended to do it Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do… … Useful english dictionary
force someone's hand — force (someone s) hand to make someone do something before they are ready. Information dug up in the investigation forced the president s hand, and he resigned much sooner than anyone expected … New idioms dictionary
force someone's hand — ► force someone s hand make someone do something. Main Entry: ↑force … English terms dictionary
force someone's hand — idi force someone s hand, to compel a person to do or disclose something before he or she is ready to do so … From formal English to slang
force someone's hand — make someone do something. → force … English new terms dictionary
force someone's hand — to make someone do something that they did not want to do, or to make them do something sooner than they intended to do it … English dictionary
force someone's hand — verb Bring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely … Wiktionary
force sb's hand — ► to make someone do something they do not want to do or do something sooner than they had intended: »The changing dynamics of the diamond business are beginning to force the company s hand. Main Entry: ↑force … Financial and business terms
force one's hand — make someone do something sooner than planned I forced his hand and he told me what he planned to do about the new contract for our company … Idioms and examples
hand — [hand] n. [ME < OE, akin to Goth handus < base of hinthan, to seize (hence, basic sense “grasper”) < ? IE base * kent , ? to seize] I 1. the part of the human body attached to the end of the forearm, including the wrist, palm, fingers,… … English World dictionary
