| 单词 | to put the lug on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the lug on e. A demand for borrowed or exacted money. Esp. in to put the lug on, to extort, to put pressure on. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > pressurize to put (also bring, exert) pressure on1853 squeeze1888 pressure1911 high-pressure1925 to put the lug on1929 to put the squeeze on1941 pressurize1945 to turn the heat on1957 to lean on1960 the mind > possession > taking > borrowing > [noun] > demand for borrowed money lug1929 1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Aug. 73/2 Why do you not put the lug on him? 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 84/2 Out on the lug, engaged in begging racket. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 93/1 Put the lug on, to borrow; to beat up a racketeer with blackjack or brass knuckles for muscling in on forbidden territory. 1936 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 15 Oct. 6/1 Indiana uses the ‘Lug’. 1938 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 14 Feb. 1/6 The Democratic organization's lug on all city and county employees—for its campaign fund..has been started. 1940 Topeka (Kansas) State Jrnl. 26 Mar. 1/8 Shakedowns in Topeka are known to have ranged from $20 to $50 monthly, depending on the amount of illegal business done by the individuals on whom the lug was put. 1973 M. Truman Harry S. Truman vii. 129 My father also knew, from his inside contacts with Missouri Democrats, that the governor..was ‘putting the lug’ (to use Missouri terminology) on state employees to contribute to his campaign fund. < as lemmas |
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