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
Undine-Literature
Catherinakath-ə-REE-nə, kə-THREE-nəEnglish (Rare)
BobbiBAH-beeEnglish
Rivers['rivəz]
Gaspard-French
PÀDraig-Scottish