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

shame into doing

phrasal verb
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shame somebody into doing something
  1. to persuade somebody to do something by making them feel ashamed not to do it
    • She shamed her father into promising more help.
    • An outcry from customers has shamed the company into lowering its prices.
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