Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is force someone’s hand and it is a phrase meaning “to make someone do something that they are not willing to do or to make someone do something before they are ready to do”.
Example Sentence: The decision to repeal them (the three farm laws) is a triumph of democracy. On the one hand, the tenacity (determination) of the agitating farmers that the BJP and state agencies could not break while on the other, the looming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, forced the ruling party’s hand.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Seeds of hope: On farm laws repeal and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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