Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🚶‍♂️ To force-walk 📜 To force through
to frogmarch

to frogmarch

1 9.8
Force a bill through using strong pressure from leaders
  • verb
  • /ˈfrɔɡˌmɑrtʃ/
  • NSFW
: imponer
  • 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 force down someone's throat
vsto frogmarch
  • Informal
4 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
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

Antonyms

to abandon
201 3.8

Stop supporting an idea or plan

to withdraw
94 3.5

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

How Forceful

to steamroll
12 6.5
to frogmarch
  • NSFW
1 9.8
to bull through
  • Informal
1 8.1
to get through
659 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.