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🚶‍♂️ To force-walk 📜 To force through
to frogmarch

to frogmarch

9.8
Force a bill through using strong pressure from leaders
  • verb
  • /ˈfrɔɡˌmɑrtʃ/
  • NSFW
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  • Union leaders said management had frogmarched the contract approval through during emergency talks last night.

Examples

  • The committee decided to frogmarch the new policy through the vote.

  • Don't frogmarch these changes without consulting the members!

  • The minister frogmarched the controversial bill through the committee despite fierce objections from MPs.

  • Publishers accused the board of frogmarching the new policy into effect without consulting authors.

  • The committee decided to frogmarch the controversial bill through the legislative process despite objections.

  • The manager frogmarched the new policy into effect without allowing any discussion from the team.

  • In a surprising move, the leader chose to frogmarch the budget proposal through the meeting, ignoring dissenting voices.

Synonyms

to shoehorn
vsto frogmarch
6 7.7

To force someone or something into a space that is too small

uses formal process pressure to force acceptance rather than awkward fitting
to dragoon
vsto frogmarch
  • NSFW
1 9.7

To force someone to do something by threats or strong pressure

uses organisational procedure and heavy pressure to force a proposal through
to force down someone's throat
vsto frogmarch
  • Informal
1 8.3

Make someone accept ideas or opinions they do not want by pressuring them

applies procedural coercion to pass proposals rather than only imposing opinions

Antonyms

to abandon
401 3.8

Stop supporting an idea or plan

to withdraw
159 3.5

To take money or things out of a place where they are kept

How Forceful

to steamroll
8 6.5
to frogmarch
  • NSFW
9.8
to bull through
  • Informal
1 8.1
to get through
332 2.8

Surface Forms

frogmarch infinitive
frogmarched past
frogmarched past participle
frogmarching present participle
frogmarches third person singular

Morphology

frogmarch = frog + march (semi-transparent) = frog + march

The figurative sense extends the physical meaning of forcing someone to walk to forcing a proposal through, which is metaphorically related but not fully derivable from the components.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the figurative use of frogmarch is to imagine forcing a bill, policy, or decision forward the same way you would drag a person to march — with heavy pressure and little choice. So to frogmarch a law or plan is to push it through by force or strong pressure.