hold someone's feet to the fire

慣用表現

(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.

日本語の意味

（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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To ensure the contractor met the deadline, the board decided to hold someone's feet to the fire.

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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。

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意味（1）

(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.

In this letter the governor explained that he was being threatened with impeachment and needed all the jobs in his gift to stave off such proceedings and to "hold the feet of members of the legislature to the fire."

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holds someone's feet to the fire

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holding someone's feet to the fire

（ participle present ）

held someone's feet to the fire

（ participle past ）

held someone's feet to the fire

（ past ）

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