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Definition of 'shoehorn'Noun
A tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe by sliding the heel in.
(derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
- (Spectator)
(obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Verb
( en-verb)
(literally) To use a shoehorn.
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something).
- I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.
- His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.
* 2012 , The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, Italian politics: Who will be Italy’s next prime minister?
- A member of Mr Monti’s government admitted that, barring a hung parliament, it was impossible for the moment to see how Mr Monti could be shoehorned into politics after next spring.
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