force on/upon

phrasal verb

forced on/upon; forcing on/upon; forces on/upon

: to cause (someone or something that is not wanted) to be accepted by (someone)

They resent having these decisions forced on them.

I don't like the way he keeps forcing himself on us.

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But the City Council has refused, instead insisting that the city can reform its police force on its own. —

Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024 From Newton's second law, the total force on an object equals mass times acceleration. —

Rhett Allain, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024 Report: Police use force against 300K people a year The Mapping Police Violence organization estimates law enforcement officers in the U.S. use force on at least 300,000 people each year, and about 30% are reported injured as a result. —

Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024 Trump will seek to force upon us an agenda of international isolationism and domestic repression. —

Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for force on/upon

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