dragoon into
verb
dragooned into; dragooning into; dragoons into
: to force or convince (someone) to do (something)
Somehow I was dragooned into working overtime.
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Recent studies of the Children of the Chapel note that they were sometimes dragooned into the theatre.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Indeed, the only character from The Office that actually carried over into the new series is Oscar, who serves as the lead accountant for Softees but gets dragooned into reporting and constructing Sudokus for the paper.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Indeed, the only character from The Office that actually carried over into the new series is Oscar, who serves as the lead accountant for Softees but gets dragooned into reporting and constructing Sudokus for the paper.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Dragoon into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dragoon%20into. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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