badger into



badger into

To pester or nag someone into doing something. A person's name or a pronoun can be used between "badger" and "into." Now that I have my driver's license, my little sister is constantly trying to badger me into taking her places. Did you get badgered into coming to this boring lecture today?
See also: badger

badger someone into something

Fig. to pester someone into doing something. Don't try to badger us into doing it. My brother and I were badgered into cleaning out the garage.
See also: badger

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Weronikave-raw-NEE-kah (Polish)Polish, Sorbian
YuliaYOO-lee-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
Archippos-Ancient Greek
Sebastiaansə-BAHS-tee-ah:nDutch
BrantBRANTEnglish
TamsynTAM-sinEnglish (British)