hold a gun to (someone's) head

to use threats to get what you want.

No one held a gun to her head and made her live with the guy — she made that bad decision all on her own.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of hold a gun to somebody's head(= to point a gun at a person to show them that you will shoot them dead if they don't do what you want)

• let something speak for themselves
• let speak for itself
• let speak for themselves
• let's see
• letter of the law
• let the cat out of the bag
• let the chips fall
• let the chips fall where they may
• let the devil take the hindmost
• let the genie out of the bottle
• let the grass grow under feet
• let the grass grow under your feet
• let the side down
• let things slide
• let up
• let up on
• let up on someone
• let up on something
• let well alone
• let your hair down
• let your heart rule head
• let your heart rule your head
• let yourself go
• level off
• level playing field