compel

Related to compel: compile

compel (someone) to (do something)

To strongly encourage or pressure someone to do something. Threaten me all you want—you'll never compel me to be a traitor to my country!
See also: compel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

compel someone to do something

to force someone to do something; to drive someone to so something. You can't compel me to do that. She compelled herself to try, even though she was ill.
See also: compel
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • compel (someone) to (do something)
  • compel to do
  • send (someone or something) away
  • send away
  • force out
  • lead (one) to (do something)
  • lead one to
  • lead to
  • lead to do
  • urge on
References in periodicals archive
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All showerheads part of the Compel bath collection feature H2Okinetic technology.
After completing the parallel test (and realizing the accuracy rate of about 80% with their old process), Psion Teklogix went live with Compel. They are now achieving 100% accuracy and providing real-time visibility into key sales performance metrics for their sales team.
'We have continued to take market share and it is heartening to see Compel growing once again.
1, 2 and 4, to which SCO has declined to provide meaningful answers," reads IBM's memorandum in support of its second motion to compel discovery.
The Compel part is reported to have a notched Izod impact strength of 2l to 29 kJ/[m.sup.2] at temperatures between -30[degrees]C and 100[degrees]C, and excellent resistance to gasoline, motor oil, antifreeze, and other common automotive fluids.
Going beyond the basics, however, is where Compel makes its mark: any bullet, graphic or slide can trigger multimedia events which can incorporate any one of some two dozen animated (clip-art) objects, 30 computer-generated animation files, or 24 digital video files.
In sharecropping, landlord Legree compels outcomes, not inputs: "Johnny, you make your own decisions about planting, weeding, and harvesting.
A six-month-old pregnant woman, Abubakar Rabi, on Wednesday urged a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court to compel her husband, Abdullahi Saleh, who had allegedly deserted her, to pay her antenatal bills and feeding allowance.a
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The principal Enlightenment thinkers--Hume, Adam Smith, and Kant--believed that if one could strip away tradition and superstition, it would be possible to formulate a set of moral principles that would compel assent by reason alone.
After defining the most likely connections with veterinarians, the agency's creative team crafted a single-minded selling proposition or benefit that would compel veterinarians to buy Clavamox and Zeniquin.
The long running financial wrangle between Birminghambased Specialist Computer Holdings, headed by entrepreneur Peter Rigby, and Compel Group took another twist yesterday.
The Tax Court determined that the letter of intent could not be construed to legally bind or compel the donees to sell their stock warrants at the time of assignment.
As NATO's commander, Clark directed the 1999 air war against Yugoslavia that was intended to compel that country to relinquish control over its restive, predominantly Albanian province of Kosovo.