Idiom
bend someone's will
Meaning
To persuade or otherwise induce someone to change his or her views or to choose a different course of action.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tried to bend my will, but I refused to change my mind.”
“The manager used pressure and threats to bend the will of the employees during the contract negotiations.”
“Despite the relentless psychological pressure applied by the regime to bend his will, the prisoner remained steadfast in his refusal to betray his colleagues.”
Examples
simple
“He tried to bend my will, but I refused to change my mind.”
contextual
“The manager used pressure and threats to bend the will of the employees during the contract negotiations.”
complex
“Despite the relentless psychological pressure applied by the regime to bend his will, the prisoner remained steadfast in his refusal to betray his colleagues.”
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