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force-put

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Etymology

From force +‎ put.

Noun

force-put (plural force-puts)

  1. A situation made unavoidable by the circumstances.
    • 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Touch and Go, Act III, pages 90–91:
      Job Arthur. […] I’m not one for violence, except it’s a force-put.

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