arm-twistingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɑːmˌtwɪs.tɪŋ/us/ˈɑːrmˌtwɪs.tɪŋ/behaviour in which you try to make someone do something by threats or by persuading them forcefully:
The vote was won only as the result of much arm-twisting by the government.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- push
- railroad
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
- wring sth from/out of sb
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