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to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation
- a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing
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bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim.
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- baited the chained dog
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- badgered her father for a car
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- drunks heckled the stand-up comic
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- football players hectored by their coach
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- chivied the new student mercilessly
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- hounded by creditors
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