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
Blackman[blækmən]
Wahida-Arabic
Gebahard-Ancient Germanic
Makaylamə-KAY-ləEnglish (Modern)
Kenyatta[ken'ja:tə]
PatrickPAT-rik (English), pat-REEK (French), PAHT-rik (German)Irish, English, French, German