get submission

Frequency: 5.04.2 per million words

To obtain submission or obedience from someone.

submissionVERB + NOUN

Categories:

get

Examples (10)

  • The dictator was determined to get absolute submission from his people.
  • After weeks of interrogation, the spy finally agreed to get submission from the captured soldiers.
  • The military tactics were designed to get submission from the enemy forces swiftly.
  • He threatened the villagers with violence to get their submission.
  • The rebels fought fiercely, refusing to get submission from the oppressive regime.
  • The general's strategy was to get submission through overwhelming force.
  • It took a long time and considerable effort to get submission from the stubborn population.
  • The cult leader used psychological manipulation to get submission from his followers.
  • The invading army aimed to get submission from the conquered territories as quickly as possible.
  • Through propaganda and intimidation, the regime tried to get submission from its citizens.