bully into

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bully someone into something

to harass or threaten someone into doing something. The coach tried to bully them into agreeing to stay late and practice. Don't try to bully me into your way of doing things.

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Such perceived weakness might excite the bully into initiating steps to publicly ignore or override the individual's empathic demonstrations in an effort to test the potential target's suitability for further bullying. Bullying and violence in schools: what teachers should know and do by Piotrowski, Debra; Hoot, James / Childhood Education Langevin (2000) classified bully into four, these include: A review of the extent, nature, characteristics and effects of ... by Aluede, Oyaziwo; Adeleke, Fajoju; Omoike, Don; Afen-Akpaida, Justina / Journal of Instructional Psychology More results

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Such perceived weakness might excite the bully into initiating steps to publicly ignore or override the individual's empathic demonstrations in an effort to test the potential target's suitability for further bullying.

Bullying and violence in schools: what teachers should know and do by Piotrowski, Debra; Hoot, James / Childhood Education

Langevin (2000) classified bully into four, these include:

A review of the extent, nature, characteristics and effects of ... by Aluede, Oyaziwo; Adeleke, Fajoju; Omoike, Don; Afen-Akpaida, Justina / Journal of Instructional Psychology

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