whip into doing
whip someone into doing something
to beat someone into doing something. The cruel captain whipped his men into going on with the journey. You can't whip me into betraying my friends.
See also: whip
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- whip (someone or something) on
- whip on
- whipping
- man is a wolf to man
- take the bark off
- give (one) a fair crack of the whip
- have a safe journey
- road trip
- roadtrip
- whip something off