"force down someone's throat" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forces down someone's throat [present, singular, third-person], forcing down someone's throat [participle, present], forced down someone's throat [participle, past], forced down someone's throat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} force down someone's throat (third-person singular simple present forces down someone's throat, present participle forcing down someone's throat, simple past and past participle forced down someone's throat)
  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) Synonym of shove something down someone's throat. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: shove something down someone's throat [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-force_down_someone's_throat-en-verb-XwVgQR8L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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