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phrasedragoon[dragooned, dragooned, dragooning]
dragoon into BrE
dragoon sb into sth usually passive old-fashioned to force someone to do something that they do not want to do - often used humorously: As soon as she was old enough, she was dragooned into helping her mother with the housework.
dragoon (someone) into (something)To force or pressure someone into doing something. Unfortunately, the boss dragooned me into planning this whole conference on my own. dragoon someone into somethingto force someone into doing something. We dragooned the boys into helping us. She was trying to dragoon some of the men into setting up the banquet tables. |