force-put

noun

force-put

noun

Etymology 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:

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