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embarrass into doing

embarrass someone into doing something

to shame someone into doing something. They tried to embarrass me into doing it, but I resisted. Juan tried to embarrass Fred into going home early.
See also: embarrass

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JoÃOzinho-Portuguese
Andreiahn-DRYAY (Russian)Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
RikkeREEK-keDanish
Elda-Italian
TennysonTEN-ə-sənEnglish (Rare)
Serrenasə-REEN-əEnglish (Rare)
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