hold a gun to (someone's) head
instigi, urĝi: don't hold a gun to my head, ne urĝu min; ne faru premon sur min.
Exert pressure on someone, as in How could I refuse when she was holding a gun to my head?
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- This hyperbolic expression dates from the first half of the 1900s.
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