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bend someone's will

verb

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  1. To persuade or otherwise induce someone to change his or her views or to choose a…

    To persuade or otherwise induce someone to change his or her views or to choose a different course of action.

    • [W]hen Catherine tried to draw him to court by proposing a marriage between him and her youngest daughter Margaret, Jeanne left him at home, and went herself to court. Catherine tried in vain to bend her will.
    • [E]ven her love could not avail to bend his will. As if the hold of her arms was that of a child's he loosened it and stepped away.

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