英语词组put the screws on them是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

put the screws on (one)

To exert excessive and coercive pressure, force, or threats of violence on one. The bank has really started putting the screws on me ever since I began missing my mortgage payments. I'll send one of my strong men around to him tomorrow to put the screws on him. Then we'll see if he's still so sure he won't sign the contract.

put the screws on

(someone) Go to put the heat on (someone).

put the screws on

see under turn up the heat.

put the screws on someone

INFORMAL

If someone puts the screws on you, they use pressure or threats to make you do what they want. They had to put the screws on Harper. So far, he was the only person who might know something. Note: This is a reference to a method of torture called the thumbscrew; see the explanation at `turn the screw on someone'.

put the screws on

exert strong psychological pressure on someone so as to intimidate them into doing something. informal

put the ˈscrews on (somebody)

(informal) force somebody to do something, especially by frightening and threatening them: The electricity company is really putting the screws on. We’ve got a week to pay before our supply is cut off!

This idiom refers to thumbscrews (see note above at a turn of the screw).

put the screws on someone

and put the heat on someone and put the squeeze on someone

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.

词组	put the screws on them
释义	(redirected from put the screws on them) put the screws on (one) To exert excessive and coercive pressure, force, or threats of violence on one. The bank has really started putting the screws on me ever since I began missing my mortgage payments. I'll send one of my strong men around to him tomorrow to put the screws on him. Then we'll see if he's still so sure he won't sign the contract. put the screws on (someone) Go to put the heat on (someone). put the screws on see under turn up the heat. put the screws on someone INFORMAL If someone puts the screws on you, they use pressure or threats to make you do what they want. They had to put the screws on Harper. So far, he was the only person who might know something. Note: This is a reference to a method of torture called the thumbscrew; see the explanation at `turn the screw on someone'. put the screws on exert strong psychological pressure on someone so as to intimidate them into doing something. informal put the ˈscrews on (somebody) (informal) force somebody to do something, especially by frightening and threatening them: The electricity company is really putting the screws on. We’ve got a week to pay before our supply is cut off! This idiom refers to thumbscrews (see note above at a turn of the screw). put the screws on someone and put the heat on someone and put the squeeze on someone 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.
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