dragoon

dragoon (someone) into (something)

To force or pressure someone into doing something. Unfortunately, the boss dragooned me into planning this whole conference on my own.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dragoon someone into something

to force someone into doing something. We dragooned the boys into helping us. She was trying to dragoon some of the men into setting up the banquet tables.
See also: dragoon
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • dragoon (someone) into (something)
  • dragoon into
  • detract
  • detract from
  • detract from (someone or something)
  • control over
  • control over (someone or something)
  • have half an eye on (someone or something)
  • have one eye on (someone or something)
  • keep half an eye on (someone or something)
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Since being founded in Spring 2014, the Op Dragoon team have been successful
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards parade through Cardiff city centre yesterday after returning home from a tour of duty in Helmand province, Afghanistan PICTURE: PETER BOLTER [umlaut]
Scots Dragoon I agree, I believe this to be a tremendous idea, and I'm going to give you 10,000gns for 90 per cent equity in your scheme.
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The success of the Walker established Sam Colt as America's premier armsmaker, and he quickly followed the big .44 with the lighter-weight 1st Model Dragoon and small .31-caliber Baby Dragoon; more on this later.
The Royal Dragoon Guards were in the first amphibious DD Sherman Tanks to land on Gold Beach, arriving five minutes before H-Hour at 7.20am on June 6, 1944.
And the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - motto Second to None - would be the perfect choice for the tough young prince.
The Fort Myer, Virginia, military community has developed a three-day competition for military police soldiers it calls Dragoon Challenge.
The inquiry's results will decide what disciplinary action, if any, will be taken against the Dragoon's officers or enlisted men, Chisholm said.
This assistance was put to good use by the Allies, especially in southeastern France, where a second major invasion force was launched as part of Operation Dragoon (formerly named Anvil).
But if you detour just a few miles east to the settlement of Dragoon, you can lose yourself in a lunar landscape of giant boulders and enjoy a wealth of history, hiking, and mountain biking--for a few hours or an entire weekend.
Trooper Thomas Ashley Hopkins, 26, from Merthyr Tydfil, is one of the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards personnel testing 2 Rifles' readiness to deploy next year as part of Exercise Askari Storm in Kenya.
The brave men of 4 SCOTS, The Highlanders suffered a blow to their national pride, losing out to troopers from the Royal Dragoon Guards by just three points.
The case was passed on to Northumbria Police's Op Dragoon team, who were able to identify Downing as the driver.