what is the meaning of (I'd been compelled) and (put my foot down) in this paragraph?
It was in this town that I'd been compelled to spend a month every summer until I was fourteen. That was the year I finally put my foot down ; these past three summers, my dad charlie, vacationed with me in California for two weeks instead.
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Hey there! I hope you are doing awesome!! Ok, to compel is to persuade someone to do something.... Possibly the speaker's father Charlie forced or persuaded the speaker to go to this town. To put one's foot down is an idiomatic expression that means the speaker decided to rebel and say no. For example, I wanted to go out Friday night but my father finally put his foot down and said no because my grades were bad so he insisted that I complete my homework first.
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