No, we'll find a motel - we don't want to impose.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus impose Register In everyday English, people usually say put a ban/tax/burden/strain on something rather than impose a ban/tax/burden/strain on something: The government put a higher tax on cigarettes. 4 PROBLEM to have a bad effect on something or someone and to cause problems for them impose a burden/hardship etc (on somebody/something) Military spending imposes a huge strain on the economy. 2 FORCE somebody TO DO something to force someone to have the same ideas, beliefs etc as you impose something on somebody parents who impose their own moral values on their children 3 formal PROBLEM to expect or ask someone to do something for you when this is not convenient for them impose on/upon We could ask to stay the night, but I don’t want to impose on them.
impose something on something/somebody The government imposed a ban on the sale of ivory.
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