put a gun to someone's head (English, verb)
expansion: put a gun to someone's head (third-person singular simple present puts a gun to someone's head, present participle putting a gun to someone's head, simple past and past participle put a gun to someone's head)
Senses:
glosses: To compel someone (to do something); to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts a gun to someone's head
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting a gun to someone's head
tags: participle
present
form: put a gun to someone's head
tags: participle
past
form: put a gun to someone's head
tags: past
form: hold a gun to someone's head
tags: alternative