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put/tighten the screws on someone
idiom informal
to use force or threats to make someone do what you want: 给（某人）施加压力
They put the screws on him until he paid up.他们给他施加压力，直到他把钱全部付清为止。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
arm-twisting
bludgeon
bounce someone into something
browbeat someone into something/doing something
bull something through
coercion
dragoon someone into something
drive someone/something to something
duress
force someone's handidiom
forced marriage
push (someone) toward(s) something
push something through
put the heat on someoneidiom
rallying cry
ram something down someone's throatidiom
ransom
slap
squeeze
wring
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