arm-twisting
5
6.3
- noun
- /ˈɑrmˌtwɪstɪŋ/
- Informal
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presión
- The House DFL did tons of arm-twisting yesterday but still couldn't gather the 90 votes needed to override Gov.
- a lot of arm-twisting
- took some arm-twisting
- gentle arm-twisting
Examples
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The manager's arm-twisting forced the employees to work overtime without any extra pay.
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The London Eye narrowly avoided financial collapse when the government came to its rescue with some political arm-twisting and a brokered deal.
Blog text (8) -
He has also been in Congress long enough to do some effective arm twisting to get things done.
Blog text (27) -
It took some arm-twisting, but we got the story reported as an escaped mental patient.
Fiction book (2002) -
"The worst arm-twisting we've seen this year in Washington hasn't been driven by the Chicago Way in the White House."
Blog text (9) -
In the end, Johnson's public embrace of the legislation, combined with his arm-twisting and deft management of the debate, earned him and his party the most credit for the bill's passage.
Blog text (20) -
There was a little legislative arm-twisting and procedural delays attempted by the anti-suffrage folks right after that, but within a week, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting American women the right to vote.
Blog text (19) -
The senator used strong arm-twisting to persuade his colleagues to support the bill.
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After some relentless arm-twisting, she finally agreed to join the committee.
Synonyms
130
5.5
Getting someone to do what you want to help yourself using clever or dishonest actions
56
6.9
The act of making someone do something by using threats or violence
45
3.6
Getting someone to do or believe something by giving reasons
10
4.1
Encouragement from someone who keeps asking you to do something
1
9.9
Getting someone to do or believe something by talking and giving reasons
1
7.0
An act of trying to make someone do something by teasing or urging them again and again
1
8.7
Strong pressure by officials to influence people's actions or decisions
1
7.4
A way of putting pressure on someone to make them agree
1
6.1
A feeling of being pushed by others to do something
The use of force or threats to make someone do something
A plan to control people by tricking them
Antonyms
How Forceful
- Offensive
56
6.9
- Informal
5
6.3
256
3.2
45
3.6
759
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The phrase arm-twisting comes from the image of twisting someone's arm to 'make them do something'. So it now means using strong pressure or force to persuade someone.