• БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ ИЗМОРОМ <НА ИЗМОР>
[VP]
=====
1. взять на измор кого-что [subj: human or collect]
⇒ to seize, gain possession of (a fortress etc) by surrounding it and waiting for its inhabitants to exhaust their resources:
- X-ы взяли Y-ов измором{{}}≈ Xs starved Ys into surrender <submission>;
- Xs starved Ys out.
♦ Взять крепость штурмом они не смогли и решили взять её измором. They couldn't take the fortress by storm, so they decided to starve the inhabitants out.
2. взять на измор кого [subj: human]
⇒ to (try to) force s.o. to do sth. against his will by besieging him with persistent and irksome requests, actions etc:
- X is nagging <hounding> Y (into doing sth.);
- X is wearing <trying to wear> down Y's resistance.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.