arm-twister

[ahrm-twist]

arm-twist

[ahrm-twist]
verb (used with object)
to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.

Origin:
back formation from arm-twisting

arm-twist·er, noun
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Arm-twister is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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arm-twister definition


  1. n.
    someone who uses strong persuasion. : I hate to seem like an arm-twister, but I really need your help on this project.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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