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.

Examples of force on/upon in a Sentence

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And so the question remains: Who killed Everett Carr? David R. Cameron is a professor emeritus of political science at Yale and has served on the state’s task force on eyewitness identification. —David R. Cameron, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024

Advertisement The allegations cast a further pall on a department accused of stopping minorities and using deadly force on young Black men under questionable circumstances. —Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024

Michael Koman, who are leading the force on the spinoff. —Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024

Chauvin and his former partner, Ellen Jensen, are accused of using similar excessive force on a woman in January 2020 when she was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, according to the lawsuit. —Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024