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force hand

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force someone's hand
to make someone do something or to make someone do something sooner than they want to. I'm sure they don't want to reduce the price but if you threaten to pull out of the sale that might force their hand.
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force someone's hand
to make someone do something before they are ready. Information dug up in the investigation forced the president's hand, and he resigned much sooner than anyone expected.
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