force on/upon

phrasal verb

forced on/upon; forcing on/upon; forces on/upon

: to cause (someone or something that is not wanted) to be accepted by (someone)

They resent having these decisions forced on them.

I don't like the way he keeps forcing himself on us.

Examples of force on/upon in a Sentence

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The shooting was examined in a two-year investigation by this news organization on the propensity of police to use serious and deadly force on mentally ill and intoxicated people; Nguyen had a history of mental illness and was experiencing a psychiatric crisis when he was killed. —Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 21 June 2025

Tivise | Work Made Simpler and More Fun The Tivise comes standard with a set of titanium grips, for exerting maximum clamping force on rigid items. —New Atlas, 17 June 2025

These qubits will align themselves with a nearby object that possesses mass and exert a force on that object. —George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025

Garett, always a force on the football field, struggled mightily. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 June 2025