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Quiz: "hand" or "arm"?

24.03.2010
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The correct answer is: hand

Rob wanted to wait before announcing any sales figures, but the board forced his hand.

If you force somebody's hand, you make them do something that they do not want to do, or you make them do it sooner than they had planned.

force sb's hand = jmdn. in Zugzwang bringen

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Submitted by Benjamin.Genter@... on Wed, 14/04/2010 - 12:20.

Unfortunately the link behind the answer "parachute" leads back to the solution of the Quiz "upkeep" or "upbeat".

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