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Phrase Formal Sb Sth Expressing Disapproval Fact Unwillingly

Front PHRASE, FORMAL: if you say sb ___ to do sth, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they did it unwillingly, because they thought they were too important to do it (not "to stoop to")
Back At last, Harper DEIGNED TO speak.

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