slapsomethingon/onto(something/someone)
phrasal verbwithslapverb[T]uk/slæp/us/slæp/-pp-
informaldisapprovingtoforcearule,tax,punishment, etc. to beobeyedorreceived:
Thegovernmenthasslappedmoretaxoncigarettes.
Thelibrarianslappedafineon him forreturningthebookslate.
Causing somebody to act
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcibly
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- railroad
- ramsomethingintosomeone
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- slap
- squeeze
- trap