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shoehorn

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Noun

  1. A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.
  2. Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
  3. Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Verb

  1. To use a shoehorn.
  2. To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
  3. To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

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