arm-twist·ing (ärm tw s tng)n. Informal The use of personal or political pressure in an effort to persuade or to gain support. |
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| Noun | 1. | arm-twisting - persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure; "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result"; "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree" persuasion, suasion - the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action |
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arm-twisting
n (inf) → Überredungskunst f; with a bit of arm-twisting … → wenn man etwas nachhilft …; it took a lot of/didn’t take much arm-twisting to get him to agree → er ließ sich nicht schnell/schnell breitschlagen (inf)
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