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press-gang

US pronunciation
American soundpress gang
pressgang
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2 syllables
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press - gang -> press gang

Myanmar meaning

ယောကျ်ားများကို ကြည်းတပ် ၊ ရေတပ်ထဲသို့ ဆွဲသွင်းရန် ခန့်ထားသည့် အဖွဲ့။ အဓမ္မနည်းကို ကျင့်သုံးသည့်အဖွဲ။ ဇွတ်အတင်း အမှုထမ်းစေသည်။

Full entry

press-gang /'pres gæŋ/ n

[CGp] (က) (ယခင်က) ကြည်းတပ်၊ ရေတပ်အတွက် အတင်းအဓမ္မ လူစုဆောင်းရန် တာဝန်ပေးထား သောအဖွဲ့။
(ခ) မရမက၊ အတင်းအဓမ္မ စေခိုင်းသောအဖွဲ့။
v ~ sb (into sth/doing sth) (infml ) ချွေးတပ်ဆွဲသည်။ We were press-ganged into helping with the housework.

Synonyms
force, press, coerce, compel, make, pressure, bully, bulldoze, pressurize, shanghai
Cross references
forcepresscoercecompelmakepressurebullybulldozepressurizeshanghaihouseworkintothewerewith
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