force the issue

/fˈɔːs ðɪ ˈɪʃuː/

/fˈoːɹs ðɪ ˈɪʃuː/

[phrase]

to force the issue

[PHRASE]

to compel someone to accelerate the process of decision-making

Examples

1. Put quite simply, it's in everybody's best interest right now not to force the issue and to push it off for another few years or maybe even a few decades.

2. When you fail to choose the superstar that fell in your lap and can't persuade a superstar to choose you, you gotta force the issue.

3. He's going to force the issue.

4. Kennedy, through the summer of 1962, is fully expecting, with good reason, mind you, because Khrushchev is basically telling the West and everyone who will listen, this, that Khrushchev is going to force the issue once the November 1962 elections are over.