| Sammansatta former: |
| blackjack sb into doing sth vtr | US, informal, figurative (coerce) | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | (formell) | betvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| bring yourself to do sth v expr | (force yourself to do sth) | förmå sig att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | (främst bildlig) | tvinga sig själv att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| Anmärkning: Usually used in the negative |
| | I can't bring myself to see a film that's that violent. |
| bulldoze sb into sth vtr + prep | figurative (force to do, intimidate) | tvinga ngn till ngt vtr + prep |
| | My colleagues bulldozed me into doing the presentation. |
| bully sb into sth vtr + prep | (force using threats) | tvinga ngn till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | pressa ngn till ngt vtr + prep |
| | Greg didn't want to shoplift, but his classmates bullied him into it. |
| coerce sb vtr | (force, compel) | tvinga ngn⇒ vtr |
| | (formell) | betvinga ngn⇒ vtr |
| | Did anyone coerce you to carry this package? |
| coerce sb into sth vtr | (force, compel) | tvinga ngn till ngt vtr + prep |
| | The police coerced the suspect into confessing to the crime. |
| coerce sb into doing sth vtr | (force, compel) | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | The government was coerced into accepting the treaty. |
| compel sth vtr | (force: sth) | framtvinga⇒ vtr |
| | | tvinga fram ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | | tvinga till sig vbal uttr |
| | The president's powerful speech compelled the attention of his audience. |
| force sth vtr | (obstacle: overcome) | forcera⇒ vtr |
| | (dörr, skåp, skrin etc) | tvinga upp, bryta upp vtr partikel skj |
| | The police forced the door. |
| | Polisen forcerade dörren. |
| force yourself to do sth v expr | (make yourself do sth) | tvinga sig själv till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | pressa sig själv till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | To make progress you have to force yourself to practice every day. |
| force sth out vtr phrasal sep | (expel, push out) | tvinga fram ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | He didn't want to admit it, but he forced the words out. |
| force sb out vtr phrasal sep | figurative (evict) | tvinga ut ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | (ur byggnad) | vräka⇒ vtr |
| | Police forced the squatters out. |
| force sb out of sth v expr | figurative (compel to leave) | tvinga ut ngn ur ngt vbal uttr |
| | He was forced out of retirement when they cut off his pension. |
| force your way (through/into sth) v expr | (obtain entry, way: by strength) | tvinga sig fram vbal uttr |
| | | slå sig fram vbal uttr |
| | | forcera sig fram vbal uttr |
| | The army forced their way into the city. |
| garnishee sth vtr | (legal: seize to pay debt) | tvinga ngn att betala sina skulder vbal uttr |
| Anmärkning: Det finns ingen exakt översättning. |
| hustle sb into doing sth v expr | (coerce, urge sb to do) | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | pressa ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | utpressa ngn till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | The strange man on the corner was trying to hustle passers-by into buying cocaine. |
| impose sth vtr | (enforce, esp. by law) | tvinga på ngt vtr partikel skj |
| | | påtvinga⇒ vtr |
| | (vardagligt) | pracka på ngt vtr partikel skj |
| | The council has imposed a new parking tax. |
| impose sth on sb vtr + prep | (pass off) | tvinga på ngt på ngn vbal uttr |
| | The awful writer imposed his terrible writings on the unsuspecting public. |
| impress sb vtr | dated (draft by force) | tvångsvärva⇒ vtr |
| | | tvinga ngn till att mönstra vbal uttr |
| | The British military used to impress prisoners into the military. |
| inflict sth on sb vtr | (impose, enforce) (formell) | ålägga ngn ngt⇒ vtr |
| | | påtvinga ngn ngt⇒ vtr |
| | | tvinga på ngn ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | This is a bad time to inflict new taxes on working people. |
| oblige sb to do sth v expr | (force, obligate sb to do sth) | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | (formellt) | förplikta ngn att göra ngt, förpliktiga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | Daniel's behaviour obliged his mother to apologise on his behalf. |
| obtrude sth on sb vtr + prep | (impose, thrust: sth on sb) | stöta⇒ vtr |
| | | tvinga fram vtr partikel oskj |
| | | putta⇒ vtr |
| pin sb down vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (force to a decision, statement) (bildlig) | omringa⇒ vtr |
| | | tvinga fram vtr partikel oskj |
| | The reporters asked again and again whether he favored the bill, but they couldn't pin him down. |
| pin sb down on sth vtr phrasal 3-part | figurative, informal (force to a decision, statement) | tvinga fram ngt från ngn vbal uttr |
| | (bildlig) | omringa⇒ vtr |
| | The interviewer struggled to pin the Prime Minister down on whether she planned to raise taxes. |
| pressure sb into sth vtr + prep | figurative (coerce) | pressa ngn till ngt vtr + prep |
| | | tvinga ngn till ngt vtr + prep |
| | She was pressured into marriage when she was too young. |
| pressure sb into doing sth v expr | figurative (coerce) | pressa ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | The older kids pressured Ben into stealing some candy. |
| pressure sb to do sth v expr | figurative (coerce) | pressa ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | The salesman pressured his customer to buy. |
push sb to do sth,
push sb into sth,
push sb into doing sth vtr | (urge, coerce) | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | övertala⇒, pressa⇒ vtr |
| | He pushed her to go to the store with him. |
push sth through,
push through sth vtr phrasal sep | figurative (force to accept) | tvinga igenom ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | The government pushed the bill through despite the protests of many members of their party. |
| put sb through sth vtr + prep | informal (force to endure) | tvinga ngn igenom ngt vtr + prep |
| | | gå igenom vitr partikel |
| | The boy had been put through a lot of hardships in his brief lifetime. |
| railroad sth through vtr phrasal sep | US, informal, figurative (force, push through) (bildlig) | tvinga igenom ngt vtr partikel oskj |
| | The mayor's trying to railroad the law through the council. |
| screw sb into doing sth v expr | figurative, informal (coerce) | pressa ngn till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | tvinga ngn till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | They screwed the hostage into giving them the names they wanted. |
| shanghai sb into sth vtr + prep | slang, figurative (force) (slang) | sjanghaja ngn till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | tvinga ngn till att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| shanghai sb into doing sth v expr | slang, figurative (force to do sth) | tvinga ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | forcera ngn att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| subjugate sb vtr | (dominate, control) | underkuva⇒ vtr |
| | | tvinga ngn till lydnad vbal uttr |
| | The colonialists subjugated the native people for decades. |
thrust sth on sb,
thrust sth upon sb vtr phrasal sep | figurative (impose) (något på nån) | tvinga på vtr partikel skj |
| | (vardagligt, något på nån) | pracka på vtr partikel skj |
| | (sig själv på ngn eller ngt) | tvinga sig på vbal uttr |
| | Imogen's parents thrust a career in law on her from a young age. |
| | Imogens föräldrar tvingade på henne en karriär inom juridik från en tidig ålder. |
| wrest sth/sb vtr | (obtain by force) | tvinga till sig ngt vbal uttr |
| | King Henry VIII seized his chance to wrest power away from Rome. |