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1 put the arm on someone
expr AmE sl1)No hick cop is going to put the arm on me — Я не позволю какому-то деревенскому детективу арестовывать меня
It was a signal for the waiter to hustle over and put the arm on the customer who was trying to stiff him — Это был знак официанту поспешить и задержать посетителя, который пытался уйти не заплатив
2)He's been putting the arm on her to get her into bed with him — Он пытался силой затащить ее в постель
He's been putting the arm on him to get him play ball — Он оказывал на него давление, чтобы тот начал сотрудничать
3)The new dictionary of modern spoken language > put the arm on someone
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2 put the arm on smb.
амер.; жарг.1) ударить кого-л. кулаком; побить кого-л2) задержать кого-л. силой; арестовать кого-лIt was a signal for the waiter to hustle over and put the arm on the customer who was trying to stiff him. (DAS) — Это послужило сигналом для официанта, и он поторопился задержать посетителя, который пытался уйти не заплатив.
...I had a lot of fun out of it writing a letter to my friend Ted without putting the arm on him for a couple of bucks. (J. O'Hara, ‘Pal Joey’, ‘Reminiss’) — Я испытывал большое удовольствие, когда писал письмо моему другу Теду и не просил его, как всегда, одолжить два-три доллара.
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