From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English force something ↔ down phrasal verb 1 to make yourself eat or drink something, although you do not want it I forced down a piece of stale bread. 2 to make a plane land by threatening to attack it The hijacked plane was forced down by military jets. → force → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus force down • Aside from popularity, a number of forces can push a particular stock...