thrust in

thrust in

1. To push, shove, or jab someone or something in(to something or some place) with sudden force. A noun or pronoun is used between "thrust" and "into." The police officers thrust the suspect in the holding cell. She opened the gate of the fireplace and thrust in the incriminating letter. I thrust my head in the room to see what the commotion was.
2. To stab something into someone or something with great strength or sudden force. A noun or pronoun can be used between "thrust" and "in." Once the animal got closer, the hunter thrust the spear in its flanks. The murderous thief thrust in his dagger, leaving the poor man to bleed out as he made off with the bag of goods.
See also: thrust
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • thrust into
  • thrust into (someone or something)
  • thrust down
  • push to
  • push down
  • push along
  • push aside
  • push up
  • jab out
  • jab in
References in periodicals archive
Karappa Syncline and Manzai Anticline are transected by blind thrust in the cores.
The complete variation of structure along trend occur in west of BB/ where a synclinal structure is exposed at surface with complete absence of back thrust in subsurface.
Structural evolution of southern Kohat fold and thrust belt, a case study from Karak area, Pakistan
About 10 km wide exposures of the Murree Formation between the Bazar Thrust in the north and the Bara Thrust in the south is internally breached by another prominent thrust on the northern banks of the Bara River, termed here as the Shin Qamar Thrust.
Bara Thrust Zone, Southern Khyber Agency, Northern Pakistan: Insight for the tectonic boundary between the Attock-Cherat-Khyber and the Kalachitta- Samana Hill Ranges