Last Updated:2025/11/24

(idiomatic) To maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.

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hold someone's feet to the fire

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hold someone's feet to the fire

Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
(個人、社会、政治、法などの面で)強い圧力をかけ、相手に望む行動を取らせるため、または不正や不作為に対して責任を問う、追及すること。 / (比喩的に)相手に対して厳しく追及し、責任を負わせる行為。
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請負業者が締め切りを守るように、理事会はその人に従わせるために継続的に圧力をかけ続けることにした。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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