put pressure on
put pressure on (one)
To try to influence or persuade one to do something or act a certain way; to make demands on or expect something from someone. A number of companies have been putting pressure on politicians to ease up on corporate taxes and regulations. My parents have been putting pressure on me to get a job.
See also: on, pressure, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put (the) pressure on someone (to do something)
to make demands on someone; to try to get someone to do something. Please don't put pressure on me to go there! We put the pressure on him to get him to come, but he refused.
See also: on, pressure, put
put pressure on something
to apply weight or pressure to something. (See also put (the) pressure on someone (to do something).) Put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding. Put some pressure on the papers to flatten them out.
See also: on, pressure, put
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (someone or something) promises well
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- a slew of (something)
- a whack at (something)
- a/the feel of (something)
- all right
- a slue of (something)
- (have) got something going (with someone)
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- (one) could use (something)