put+in+force
91Force-fire — The force fire (Scottish Gaelic: teine éiginn, which also translates to Need fire), or a fire produced by friction, was used in folk magic practice in the Scottish Highlands up until the 19th century. Believers considered it an antidote against… …
92Put Bond — A bond that allows the holder to force the issuer to repurchase the security at specified dates before maturity. The repurchase price is set at the time of issue, and is usually par value. Bondholders have the option of putting bonds back to the… …
93put down — 1) stop by force, crush The government easily put down the rebellion by the militants. 2) write a record of something, write down He was asked by his company to put down his request for a transfer in writing. 3) criticize, make someone look bad… …
94force-out — /fawrs owt , fohrs /, n. Baseball. a put out of a base runner on a force play. [1895 1900, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase force out] * * * …
95put something down — 1》 suppress a rebellion or riot by force. 2》 kill an animal because it is sick, injured, or old. 3》 pay a specified sum as a deposit. 4》 preserve or store food or wine for future use. → put …
96put a gun to (someone's) head — hold/put a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to force someone to do what you want. Management are holding a gun to our heads. If we don t behave we ll lose our jobs …
97put a gun to somebody's head — hold/put a gun to sb s ˈhead idiom to force sb to do sth that they do not want to do, by making threats Main entry: ↑gunidiom …
98force-out — noun Date: 1896 a play in baseball in which a runner is put out by being forced to advance to the next base but failing to do so safely …
99put up the shutters — verb to bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible …
100put the screws to — (smb) try to force someone to do or say what you want The police were putting the screws to the criminal to try and get some information …
