chivvy

[US]/ˈtʃivi/
[UK]/'tʃɪvi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. importunar ou assediar (alguém) com demandas ou reclamações persistentes.
Word Forms
Passado simpleschivvied
Particípio passadochivvied
Gerúndiochivvying
Pluralchivvies
Terceira pessoa do singularchivvies

Example Sentences

an association which chivvies government into action.

uma associação que pressiona o governo a agir.

I shall come down your burrow and chivvy you out like an old stoat.

Eu desceri sua toca e te tiraria de lá como um texugo velho.

Real-world Examples

Many governments are trying to chivvy the steel transition along.

Source: Economist Business

I shall come down your burrow and chivvy you out like an old stoat.' The others left soon after him.

Source: Brideshead Revisited

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