a turn of the screw
an action that makes a bad situation worse, especially one that forces someone to do something:
Each letter from my bank is another turn of the screw.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Deteriorating and making worse
- a step backwards idiom
- add
- afford
- aggravate
- backslide
- be half the dancer, writer, etc. you used to be idiom
- compound
- decline
- degrade
- dog
- downgrade
- downhill
- exacerbate
- fan the flames idiom
- retrograde
- retrogress
- run yourself down
- seed
- slip
- slippery slope
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