force-put
nounEtymology From force + put.
1
A situation made unavoidable by the circumstances.
- Job Arthur. […] I’m not one for violence, except it’s a force-put.1920, D. H. Lawrence, Touch and Go, Act III, pages 90–91:
noun
Etymology From force + put.
A situation made unavoidable by the circumstances.
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