bend someone's will (English, verb)
expansion: bend someone's will (third-person singular simple present bends someone's will, present participle bending someone's will, simple past and past participle bent someone's will)
Senses:
glosses: To persuade or otherwise induce someone to change his or her views or to choose a different course of action.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: bends someone's will
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bending someone's will
tags: participle
present
form: bent someone's will
tags: participle
past
form: bent someone's will
tags: past