1. applying force, influence, or persuasion to someone to make them do something
Usage: present participle of ‘pressure’

Examples

• The coach was pressuring the team to practice harder.
• She felt her parents were pressuring her to choose a career in medicine.
• The company is pressuring employees to work overtime without pay.
• Stop pressuring me to make a decision right now.
• The opposition party is pressuring the government to resign.
• He’s been pressuring his friend to lend him money.