'V n on n' - Construction 2
| Name: | the impose task on someone construction |
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| Description: | A person figuratively gives someone something undesirable. |
| Verbs: | bring, dump, exact, foist, force, impose, inflict, lay (+blame), perpetrate, play (+trick), practise, pull (+trick), revenge (+oneself), serve, spring, thrust, vent (+anger), wish, palm off, take out (+anger) |
| Example: | …forced to impose restrictions on the movement of heavy lorries… (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative; transfer |
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