英语词汇“put the screws on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

put the screws on

informal Exert strong psychological pressure on (someone) so as to intimidate them into doing something: you put the screws on her and she submitted...

He laughed and added, ‘You put the screws on me and I'm gonna screw right out from under you ever time, that's what I'm gonna do.’
The Duke engineering department had been putting the screws on him for a major contribution.
The Authority's attempts to put the screws on farmers may have backfired despite having laid some alarming facts on the table during the past week.

Synonyms

pressurize, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressure, press, bring force to bear on, force, drive, impel, coerce, urge, push, nag;

lean on, prevail on;

dragoon, steamroller, browbeat, use strong-arm tactics on, have someone do something;

hold/put a gun/pistol to someone's head

informal put the heat on, put the squeeze on, twist someone's arm, railroad, bulldoze

See parent entry: screw

单词	put the screws on
释义	put the screws on informal Exert strong psychological pressure on (someone) so as to intimidate them into doing something: you put the screws on her and she submitted... He laughed and added, ‘You put the screws on me and I'm gonna screw right out from under you ever time, that's what I'm gonna do.’ The Duke engineering department had been putting the screws on him for a major contribution. The Authority's attempts to put the screws on farmers may have backfired despite having laid some alarming facts on the table during the past week. Synonyms pressurize, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressure, press, bring force to bear on, force, drive, impel, coerce, urge, push, nag; lean on, prevail on; dragoon, steamroller, browbeat, use strong-arm tactics on, have someone do something; hold/put a gun/pistol to someone's head informal put the heat on, put the squeeze on, twist someone's arm, railroad, bulldoze See parent entry: screw
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