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Definition of panic into doing phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

panic into doing

phrasal verb
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panic somebody into doing something
  1. [usually passive] to make somebody act too quickly because they are afraid of something
    • We will not be panicked into making a decision before we have considered all the evidence.
    • The police say women shouldn't be panicked into staying at home.
See panic into doing in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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