单词 | twist someone's arm |
释义 | twist someone's armSEE SYNONYMS FOR twist someone's arm ON THESAURUS.COM Coerce or persuade someone, as in If you twist my arm I'll stay for another drink, or She didn't really want to go to the theater but he twisted her arm. Originally alluding to physical coercion, this term is now generally used more loosely and often jocularly. [Mid-1900s] Words nearby twist someone's armtwisted stomach worm, twister, twist grip, twisting, twist in the wind, twist someone's arm, twist tie, twisty, twit, twitch, twitcher The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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