| 单词 | turn the screw(s) on someone |
| 释义 | turn the screw(s) on someone or to tighten the screw phrase See full dictionary entry for screw If you turn or tighten the screw on someone, you increase the pressure which is already on them, for example by using threats, in order to force them to do a particular thing. Parisian taxi drivers are threatening to mount a blockade to turn the screw on the government. |
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