tv. to pressure someone; to threaten someone to achieve something. : He told everything about the plan when they put the screws on him. , The cops put the heat on him to try to make him talk.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Put the squeeze on sois always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
