to put (also bring, exert) pressure on and variants: to urge or press strongly or coercively; to apply influence or psychological force; to bring…

To subject to strong constraint or pressure.

transitive. To apply pressure to, esp. to coerce or persuade by applying psychological or moral pressure. Frequently with into or infinitive.

transitive. To coerce (into something) by applying a high degree of psychological or moral pressure; esp. to subject (a person) to strongly…

An object resembling the external ear. A demand for borrowed or exacted money. Esp. in to put the lug on, to extort, to put pressure on. U.S. slang.

In figurative use. Colloquial phrase (originally U.S.) to put the squeeze on (someone): to exert influence on (someone) to act in a particular…

transitive. To subject to moral, psychological, or other non-physical pressure; to put pressure on; to coerce, influence, or urge. Frequently with…

slang (originally U.S.), in various interconnected senses, notably (a) a gun (? as an instrument of ‘heat’); cf. heater, n. 1b; (b) in to turn on (or…

to lean on (someone): to put pressure on (a person) in order to extract something from him or force him to do something against his will (see also…