"force one's way" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forces one's way [present, singular, third-person], forcing one's way [participle, present], forced one's way [participle, past], forced one's way [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} force one's way (third-person singular simple present forces one's way, present participle forcing one's way, simple past and past participle forced one's way)
  1. To use force in order to get somewhere. Synonyms: bulldoze one's way, barge one's way Translations (Translations): tulla väkisin (Finnish), tunkeutua (Finnish), tunkeutua läpi (Finnish), passer en force (French), przepychać się [imperfective] (Polish), przepchać się [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-force_one's_way-en-verb-BaXNP3R5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with redundant wikilinks

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