bring to terms
English
Verb
bring
to
terms
(
transitive
,
archaic
)
To
compel
to
accept
certain
conditions
.
1818
, William Cobbett,
The Parliamentary History of England
(page 1133)
[
…
]
if we could have prevailed upon Spain and Prussia to have continued the war until the enemy were
brought to terms
[
…
]
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