bend somebody to one's will

== English == === Verb === bend to one's will (third-person singular simple present bends to one's will, present participle bending to one's will, simple past and past participle bent to one's will) (idiomatic, transitive) To compel someone or something to conform to one's desires. 2019 August 6, Dwight Garner, "Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will, New York Times (retrieved 23 Aug 2019): Morrison had a superfluity of gifts and, like few other writers of her era, bent language to her will. ==== Related terms ==== bend to someone's will (intransitive) bend someone's will (transitive)