peer pressure
To induce or influence one's peersTo induce or influence one's peers.
» Peer pressure never worked on Tom.
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1 senses(informal)To induce or influence one's peers.
He was peer-pressured into taking drugs.
Examples
18 sentencesPeer pressure never worked on Tom.
Peer pressure is a powerful thing.
I blame this problem on peer pressure.
You need to learn to resist peer pressure.
deDu mußt lernen, dich Gruppenzwang zu widersetzen. — Waldelfe
Children need to be taught to resist peer pressure.
Origin
From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.From peer + pressure. First use appears c. 1957 in the publications of Ruth Strang.
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Forms
peer pressures, peer pressuring, peer pressured, peer pressured| Base form | peer pressure · to peer pressure |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | peer pressures |
| Present participle | peer pressuring |
| Past simple | peer pressured |
| Past participle | peer pressured |
regular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.