"shove something down someone's throat" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shoves something down someone's throat [present, singular, third-person], shoving something down someone's throat [participle, present], shoved something down someone's throat [participle, past], shoved something down someone's throat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shove something down someone's throat (third-person singular simple present shoves something down someone's throat, present participle shoving something down someone's throat, simple past and past participle shoved something down someone's throat)
  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, transitive) To persistently bring ideas or material to the attention of a person. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: force something down someone's throat, ram something down someone's throat Translations (persistently bring ideas to the attention of a person): tuputtaa (Finnish), tyrkyttää (Finnish), pakottaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shove_something_down_someone's_throat-en-verb-9ZA85L6G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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