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  • tighten the screws on (someone) — tighten/turn the screws on (someone) informal put the screws on (someone) to use force or threats to make someone do what you want. The police are turning the screws on drivers who don t wear their seat belts by fining them …   New idioms dictionary

  • tighten the screws on someone — put/tighten/turn/the screws on someone informal phrase to put more pressure on someone to do something, for example by threatening them His creditors were putting the screws on him. Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do something …   Useful english dictionary

  • put (or turn or tighten) the screw (or screws) on — informal exert strong psychological pressure on. → screw …   English new terms dictionary

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  • turn the screw — ▪ To apply (physical, moral, etc) pressure progressively ▪ To exact payment ● screw * * * turn (or tighten) the screw (or screws) informal exert strong pressure on someone …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Kermesse in Bruges — The Kermesse in Bruges, or The Three Gifts is a burlesque ballet in three acts created in 1851 by the Danish balletmaster and choreographer August Bournonville for the Royal Danish Ballet. The ballet tells the story of three brothers who receive… …   Wikipedia

  • tighten — [[t]ta͟ɪt(ə)n[/t]] tightens, tightening, tightened 1) V ERG If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip tightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely. [V n] Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder... [V prep] Her… …   English dictionary

  • turn — 1 verb CHANGE DIRECTION/POSITION 1 a) YOUR BODY (I) to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction: Ricky turned and walked away. (+ around/round/away etc): I turned around quickly to see if someone was following. | Dan turned …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • turn — {{11}}turn (n.) mid 13c., action of rotation, from Anglo Fr. tourn (O.Fr. tour), from L. tornus turning lathe; also partly a noun of action from TURN (Cf. turn) (v.). Meaning an act of turning, a single revolution or part of a revolution is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tighten — UK [ˈtaɪt(ə)n] / US or tighten up UK / US verb Word forms tighten : present tense I/you/we/they tighten he/she/it tightens present participle tightening past tense tightened past participle tightened Word forms tighten up : present tense… …   English dictionary

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