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Meanings of shoehorn in English

A tool designed to help inserting the heel of the foot into a shoe.

Tailor.

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Usage of shoehorn in English
1
It seems they'll shoehorn her in anywhere to speed up the process.
The South African
2
Their detractors shoehorn the Northern English band into a cosy, middle-class corner.
The Irish Times
3
Gonna have to grease him up to shoehorn him into a casket.
Two for the dough
4
Few brands, automotive or otherwise, can shoehorn so many ideas into one logo.
BBC
5
Facebook and Google both tried to shoehorn us into real names.
Wired
6
I don't have to shoehorn it into a detective fiction format.
The Guardian
7
Attempts to 'shoehorn' these into existing frameworks have yielded poor outcomes.
Pubmed
8
So shoehorn politics, Gamergaters went after game three in particular.
Wired
9
I'd shoehorn in Luongo ahead of Kruse just because he is the better player.
News.com.au
10
But I needed a shoehorn to squeeze into this thing.
Latte trouble
11
Noel McNamara has managed to shoehorn a massive workload into the past 12 months.
The Irish Times
12
Kudos to Lopez, too, for managing to shoehorn a costume change into a five-song set.
The Guardian
13
We didn't want to shoehorn him into the story.
Reuters
14
After Evan helps to shoehorn Faith into the blue dress, a daughter has a pop.
The Guardian
15
He put the shoehorn to his lips, tasted the slick rubbery non-taste of the new.
Flesh and blood
16
Wait for someone to total their Tesla Roadster, then shoehorn the drivetrain into a Dino.
Wired
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