leave someone no choice

verb

Make it so that someone must do something.

Meanings

verbleave someone no choice (third-person singular simple present leaves someone no choice, present participle leaving someone no choice, simple past and past participle left someone no choice)

present singular third person leaves someone no choice · participle present leaving someone no choice · participle past left someone no choice · past left someone no choice

  1. idiomaticMake it so that someone must do something.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 讓某人別無選擇 /让某人别无选择
  • 讓某人別無選擇 /让某人别无选择 (ràng mǒurén biéwú xuǎnzé)make it so that someone must do something
Finnish ei jätä muutakaan vaihtoehtoa
  • ei jätä muutakaan vaihtoehtoamake it so that someone must do something
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