Collocations for "force"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "force" in context.
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force
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- forced me to [eat, tell, stay]
- forced to [leave, make, be, study, protect]
- forced by [police, politicians, the government]
- forced into [sex, the job, a career, exile, prostitution]
- forced out of the [company, school, house]
- it was forced on him
- forced sex on her
- forced the [closure, suspension] of
- forced the [lid, top] off
- force off the [lid]
- forced the [window, door, lock] open
- forced open the [window]
- thieves forced the [lock, door]
- forced her [hands, bottom lip, chin] forward
- forced himself into [his pants, the tight suit]
- forced a [smile, nod]
- forced it into the [suitcase, backpack, purse]
- forced it [through, back, out, down]
- (tried to) force their [beliefs, views, agenda, will] on
- forced his way [out, to the bar, through the crowd]
- forced [his, his opponent's] hand
- don't force it
- [these, some] things can't be forced
- the [police, strike, military] force
- the [armed, security] forces
- an elite force
- [by, using] brute force
- use force to [open, get in, break in]
- [pulled, pushed] with all my force
- the full force of my [wrath, power, skill]
- felt the full force of his [wrath]
- [hit, struck] him with such force that
- the [gravitational, magnetic, atomic] force
- takes [10 newtons] of force to
- exerts [10 newtons] of force on
- the life force of
- the force of [love, nature, gravity]
- the force of the [gale, waves, strike]
- is the driving force [of, behind]
- with the force of a nuclear explosion
- with the force of his convictions
- part of the labor force
- is a force to [reckon, be reckoned] with
- by choice, or by force
- [taken, struck, overcome] by the forces of evil
- his [argument, speech] lacked force
- the brute force method
'force' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
North
- October
- US
- air
- base
- blackmail
- blatant
- blood
- blunt
- buoyancy
- circumstance
- compel
- conquer
- continue
- crooked
- deadly
- demonstration
- deplete
- direct
- distort
- down
- driving
- dwarf
- earthquake
- ease
- electric
- engagement
- enlist
- equivalent
- even
- exert
- fighter
- fist
- formation
- gather
- habit
- induction
- intense
- joint
- land
- law
- leverage
- limit
- lull
- major
- mandate
- marine
- motion
- motive
- patch