force-draft
Americanverb (used with object)
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to draft (a law, proposal, or the like) quickly or under extreme pressure.
The committee must force-draft a code of ethics to present to the meeting tomorrow.
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to cause to proceed at full speed or intensity.
Example Sentences
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A continual alternation between melodrama and fashion show, Stolen Holiday is capably acted, but labors under a script full of force-draft effervescence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nixon agreed that U.S. economic growth "must be accelerated by policies and programs stimulating our free enterprise system," a declaration that did no violence to his conviction that Government should not try to force-draft any specified rate of growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chief Judge Lumbard's defense of the police position reflects the majority view in a debate now taking place in the prestigious American Law Institute, which is trying to force-draft a model code of pre-arraignment procedures.
From Time Magazine Archive
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