to force someone to do something that they wouldn't have normally done otherwise; to provoke an aggressive response in someone unnecessarily [written and colloquial]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
動詞
迫人入絕路用並用不尋常方式回應 to force somebody to do something that they do not normally do or lack the capacity to do; to do unnecessarily provoke an aggressive response; literally: to force a tiger to jump a wall