force/ram something down someone's throat

throat | American Dictionary

throat
noun[ C ]
us/θroʊt/
the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can go:
A cop grabbed him around the throat.
I have a sore throat.
He cleared his throat and started speaking.

Examples of throat

throat
An experiment was conducted in which streptococci extracted from throats of patients with pharyngitis were grown at room temperature on a medium containing eggs.
Several applied it on their throats and over their hearts with fans made from the wings of eagles.
He was humble minded and never forced his opinions down other people's throats.
Thousands of people who had been living for centuries as neighbours in homes and in professions, flew at one another's throats.
No one wishes to force men's food down the throats of babes and sucklings.
Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies.
Evidently, we cannot force such imports down people's throats.
He will load the throats of shells with every cry of grief he has ever voiced since his eyes were first opened to the light.
Picking up their phones, they would thrust themselves on the punters, ramming stock, which was often of little value, down their throats.
Depending on populations surveyed, the climate and the season, the germ can be recovered from 5% to 50% of the throats of schoolchildren examined.
Birds have two throats within their syrinx, alternating between each or singing two completely unrelated lines simultaneously, making them the ultimate double-trackers.
Banners, throats filled with ancient air.
If they have been at each other's throats over the past decade, this is mainly because we have taken an excessively narrow and restrictive view of methodology.
The students find it quite amusing to see themselves clutching their throats to feel the difference, but it works.
Politicians love grabbing each other's throats!
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