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Searched Maryknoll for m:puttek, found 21,
ban-puttek'ie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban pud'teg'ie; ban-pud'teg'ie [[...]][i#] [p.]
be forced to do it, to have no alternative
萬不得已
ciorngkvoar puttek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cioxng'kvoar pud'tek [[...]][i#] [p.]
One single person is no match for a crowd.
眾寡不敵
ky puttek sit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ky pud'tek sit [[...]][i#] [p.]
when one is hungry, one is not particular about what he is going to eat (both literally and figuratively)
飢不擇食
kvoar puttek cioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvoar pud'tek cioxng [[...]][i#] [p.]
the few cannot withstand the many, a single individual cannot withstand the multitude, to be overpowered by the enemy's larger number, You can't beat city hall.
寡不敵眾
puttek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'tek [[...]][i#] [p.]
no match for, not equal to
不敵
puttek'ie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'teg'ie [[...]][i#] [p.]
cannot help it, unavoidable
不得已
teg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg; (tid) [[...]][i#] [p.]
get, obtain, to gain, can, acquire, attain, to effect, may, able to
tek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tek [[...]][i#] [p.]
an enemy, a rival, competitor an equal, to fight, to attack, to rival, compete with, oppose, be a match for