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Phrase(s): inflict someone (up)on someone
to burden someone with the care or keeping of someone else. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) • Please don’t inf lict Bob upon me. • My brother inf licted his children on us for the weekend. • Well, I certainly don’t want to inf lict myself on you for the weekend, but I do need a place to stay., Phrase(s): inflict something (up)on someone or something
to impose something, such as pain, a burden, a problem, etc., on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) • I hate to inf lict an additional burden upon you, but someone has to clean the oven. • Please don’t inf lict that on me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs