追おい込こむ

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

herd; drive; corral

Physical movement: forcing people or animals into a confined area or desired direction.

• 警けい察さつは群ぐん衆しゅうを広ひろ場ばの隅すみに追おい込こんだ。

  The police herded the crowd into a corner of the square.

• 犬いぬが羊ひつじを柵さくの中なかに追おい込こむ。

  The dog drives the sheep into the pen.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

corner; force into a situation

Metaphorical extension: putting someone in a difficult position with no escape, or compelling them to do something.

• 彼かれは質しつ問もん攻ぜめで相あい手てを追おい込こんだ。

  He cornered his opponent with a barrage of questions.

• 借しゃっ金きんが彼かれを自じ殺さつに追おい込こんだ。

  Debt drove him to suicide.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

push oneself; make a final effort

Often used in sports or work contexts for a last spurt or intense effort, sometimes with 自分を or as an intransitive-like usage.

• マラソンの最さい後ごの1キロで彼かれは自じ分ぶんを追おい込こんだ。

  He pushed himself hard in the last kilometer of the marathon.

• 試し験けん前まえに追おい込こんで勉べん強きょうした。

  I crammed hard just before the exam.

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

run on (printing)

Technical printing term: to continue text without a line break, or to set type solid.

• この段だん落らくは追おい込こんで組くんでください。

  Please set this paragraph solid (without line breaks).

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

have two strikes (baseball)

Baseball term: to get two strikes against a batter, putting them in a difficult count.

• ピッチャーは打だ者しゃを追おい込こんだ。

  The pitcher got two strikes on the batter.