āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Hobson's choice
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Hobson's choice
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āĻšāĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ, āĻšāĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ
a choice made in a situation in which no other options were available
Formal
Idiom
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The politician presented voters with a Hobson's choice, claiming that they must support their party's candidate or risk their opposing party gaining power.
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