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Julia Huong
2022-07-14 05:07
Ram (something) down (one's) throat informal verb phrase
Used to say that you compel or physically force someone to swallow something.
I tried to keep the cat and ram pills down its throat, but it ran away quickly.
Nurses are ramming medication down mental patients's throat as they refuse to take it.
To compel someone to accept, tolerate, think about, or agree with or to something.
We were frustrated because the boss rammed his view down our throat.
Mr. John is trying to ram silly ideas down the children's throat.
To compel someone to do something
1. Force someone to swallow something
2. Force or try to make someone accept, endure, or agree with something unpleasant
By physical strength or brute force
A demonstration of power or capability to warn or to intimidate an opponent by display of a great numbers of people and / or resources
1. To make someone do something using force or threats
2. To intentionally underperform to deceive and take advantage of someon
Do you see anything wrong?
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
