Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

long forced

English answer:

who had for a long time been forced

Added to glossary by alen botica (X)
Sep 28, 2006 16:25
17 yrs ago
English term

long forced

English Bus/Financial Management merger
All companies in our database had revenues exceeding $500 million. In other words, these were companies long forced to look beyond organic growth for expansion
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5 +9 who had for a long time been forced

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who had for a long time been forced

Just a rather odd idiomatic use...
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
2 mins
agree Alexander Demyanov
28 mins
agree jccantrell : Not too odd, at least in the USA.
1 hr
agree Suzan Hamer : ". . . these companies had long been forced to look beyond . . ."
1 hr
agree Armorel Young : yes, or "compelled" if you want another word for "forced"
1 hr
agree Robert Fox
4 hrs
agree humbird : Yes forced to "look beyond" in long-term basis .... past, present and future.
4 hrs
agree ErichEko ⟹⭐
10 hrs
agree Alfa Trans (X)
9 days
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