against one's will
Without one's consent, forcibly, as in The defendant knew he could not be made to testify against his will. Originally one meaning of will was "acquiescence" or "consent," but this sense survives only in this idiom, which today nearly always implies some use of force. [c. 1400]
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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