(idiomatic) To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for.

Favoring the government, or favoring the government of a state as opposed to a federal government.

A governmental restriction on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market.

(idiomatic) To start to panic.

Chinese primrose; Primula sinensis.

Any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, typically for the purpose of improving aim. / The target of such exercise, especially figuratively as an easy target.

(mathematics) A vector space which is additionally equipped with an inner product.

plural of practice run

A trial or practice before a real-world deployment or occurrence.

The force resulting from a pressure gradient