英语词汇“turn-the-screw-s-on-someone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	turn-the-screw-s-on-someone
释义	turn the screw(s) on someone to tighten the screw or to tighten the screw phrase 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 thegovernment. See full dictionary entry for screw Definition of 'turn the screw(s) on someone to tighten the screw'
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turn the screw(s) on someone to tighten the screw