SHOVE DOWN ONE'S THROAT

Meaning of SHOVE DOWN ONE'S THROAT in English

v. phr. , informal To force you to do or agree to (something not wanted or liked.) We didn't want Mr. Bly to speak at our banquet, but the planning committee shoved him down our throats. The president was against the idea, but the club members rammed it down his throat.

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SHOVE DOWN ONE'S THROAT — = ram down one's throat
Slang English vocab
SHOVE DOWN ONE`S THROAT — force someone to do or agree to something not wanted I don`t like him because he is always trying to …
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOVE — I. ˈshəv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English shuven, shouven, shoven, from Old English scūfan; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOVE — (v. t.) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) …
Английский словарь Webster
SHOVE — ( v. t. ) To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THROAT — /throht/ , n. Anat., Zool. 1. the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
SHOVE — p.p. of shove. 2. shove ·noun the act of shoving; a forcible push. 3. shove ·vi to push or drive …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHOVE — [shove] vb shoved ; shov.ing [ME, fr. OE scufan to thrust away; akin to OHG scioban to push and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THROAT — / θrəʊt; NAmE θroʊt/ noun 1. a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOVE — / ʃʌv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to push sb/sth in a rough way : [ v …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROAT — throat S3 W3 /θrəʊt $ θroʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: throte ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOVE — I. shove 1 S3 /ʃʌv/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scufan 'to push away' ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROAT — n. 1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOVE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) push vigorously; move by hard or rough pushing (shoved him out of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROAT — n. 1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOVE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) push vigorously; move by hard or rough pushing (shoved him out of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROAT — n.1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a voice, …
Oxford English vocab
SHOVE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (also absol.) push vigorously; move by hard or rough pushing (shoved him out of …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROAT — ( throats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your throat is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOVE — ( shoves, shoving, shoved) 1. If you shove someone or something, you push them with a quick, violent movement. He …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHOVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB off ▪ But Gazzer felt himself being shoved off a cliff into unconsciousness. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROAT — [noun] [C] - the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can …
Cambridge English vocab
SHOVE — (PUT) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] [informal] - to put (something) somewhere in a hurried or careless wayI'll …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROAT — See: CUT ONE'S THROAT, FLY AT ONE'S THROAT, JUMP DOWN ONE'S THROAT, LUMP IN ONE'S THROAT, RAM DOWN ONE'S THROAT …
Slang English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROAT — noun 1 front part of the neck VERB + THROAT ▪ cut , slash , slit ▪ rip out ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHOVE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly , gentle , light , little , playful ▪ good , hard , hefty ( …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THROAT — • ↑ bring tears to sb's eyes/bring a lump to sb's throat • ↑ cut your own throat • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHOVE — See ↑ PUSH 1,5, ↑ PUT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ give sth/sb a shove • ↑ stuff/shove
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHOVE — n. 25B6; verb she shoved him back into the chair : PUSH, thrust, propel, drive, force, ram, knock, elbow, shoulder; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROAT — See: CUT ONE'S THROAT, FLY AT ONE'S THROAT, JUMP DOWN ONE'S THROAT, LUMP IN ONE'S THROAT, RAM DOWN ONE'S THROAT …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THROAT — 1. сущ. 1) горло, гортань; глотка a bone stuck in my throat ≈ у меня кость застряла в горле clear …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHOVE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) толкание; подталкивание б) сильный толчок, выпад, резкий удар; пинок 2) а) импульс, толчок (как побуждение …
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