To put the screws on

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to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.

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bulldoze coercion interrogate interview pressurize put about put across put away put by put down put forth put forward put in put off put on put out put over put paid to put through			In an interview with Politis, published Sunday, the DISY boss said not enough was being done to put the screws on Turkey to soften its hardline stance on key aspects of a Cyprus settlement. Ankara is winning PR battle warns DISY leader by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus) She saw how easily she could upset Marlene and now she's wickedly decided to put the screws on her. Dr Miriam: MIRIAM'S PHOTO CASEBOOK: HERE'S MIRIAM'S VERDICT: KEEP ... by The Mirror (London, England) In October, the company appeared to back down on its threat to invoice businesses, claiming the success of its plan to license UnixWare to Linux users and denying that the company was using the threat of invoicing to put the screws on Linux users. SCO Claims Draw Fire from Novell, Users in Spotlight by Aslett, Matthew; Clarke, Gavin / Computergram International			To put in one's oar To put in pledge To put in possession To put into the chair To put off To put on To put one one's mettle To put one's back up To put one's foot down To put one's foot in one's mouth To put one's legs under some one's mahogany To put one's nose out of joint To put one's nose to the grindstone To put one's self upon the country To put out of court To put out of the way To put over To put stress upon To put the best foot foremost To put the cart before the horse To put the comether on To put the great seal into commission To put the hand unto To put the kibosh on To put the last hand to To put the screws on To put to flight To put to grass To put to nurse To put to one's trumps To put to rout To put to sea To put to shame To put to the blush To put to the rack To put to the sword To put under the screw To put up To put up the spout To put up to To put up with To quit cost To quit scores To rack one's brains To raise a blockade To raise a check To raise a siege To raise Cain To raise dust To raise steam To raise the horn			To put into the chair to put it another way to put it mildly to put it mildly to put it mildly To put off To put on To put one one's mettle To put one's back up To put one's foot down To put one's foot in one's mouth To put one's legs under some one's mahogany To put one's nose out of joint To put one's nose to the grindstone To put one's self upon the country To put out of court To put out of the way To put over To put stress upon To put the best foot foremost To put the cart before the horse To put the comether on To put the great seal into commission To put the hand unto To put the kibosh on To put the last hand to To put the screws on To put to flight To put to grass To put to nurse To put to one's trumps To put to rout To put to sea To put to shame To put to the blush To put to the rack To put to the sword to put too fine a point on it To put under the screw To put up To put up the spout To put up to To put up with To quarter To quit cost To quit scores To rack one's brains To raise a blockade To raise a check To raise a siege To raise Cain

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