whip into doing



whip someone into doing something

to beat someone into doing something. The cruel captain whipped his men into going on with the journey. You can't whip me into betraying my friends.
See also: whip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
'Ezra'-Biblical Hebrew
EmilyEM-ə-leeEnglish
Ivana-Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Amittaiə-MIT-ie (English)Biblical
Ea (2)-Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
KatelynnKAYT-linEnglish (Modern)