twist a person's arm

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• screw a person's arm — twist someone s arm, persuade someone by using force …   English contemporary dictionary

• twist — v. & n. v. 1 a tr. change the form of by rotating one end and not the other or the two ends in opposite directions. b intr. undergo such a change; take a twisted position (twisted round in his seat). c tr. wrench or pull out of shape with a… …   Useful english dictionary

• arm-twist|er — «AHRM TWIHS tuhr», noun. U.S. Informal. a person who uses pressure to influence …   Useful english dictionary

• twist — twist1 S3 [twıst] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move)¦ 2¦(bend)¦ 3¦(wind)¦ 4¦(turn)¦ 5¦(road/river)¦ 6¦(words)¦ 7 twist your ankle/wrist/knee 8 twist and turn 9 twist somebody s arm ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• twist — 1 verb 1 BEND (T) to bend and turn something several times, especially in order to make something or to tie it to something: twist sth into/around etc: She twisted the wire into the shape of a star. 2 MOVE (I) to turn a part of your body around… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• arm — arm1 armed, adj. armlike, adj. /ahrm/, n. 1. the upper limb of the human body, esp. the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist. 2. the upper limb from the shoulder to the elbow. 3. the forelimb of any vertebrate. 4. some part of an… …   Universalium

• arm — I [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)m[/t]] PART OF YOUR BODY OR OF SOMETHING ELSE ♦ arms 1) N COUNT Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end. She stretched her arms out... He had a large parcel …   English dictionary

• Twist (ride) — The Twist, also known as the Twister , Cyclone , Sizzler , Scrambler or Grasscutter is an amusement ride in which suspended riders spinning in cars experience the illusion that they will crash into other suspended, spinning cars. Riders are… …   Wikipedia

• arm — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ upper ▪ the muscles of the upper arm ▪ muscular, powerful, strong …   Collocations dictionary

• arm — I [[t]ɑrm[/t]] n. 1) anat. a) the upper limb of the human body b) the upper limb from shoulder to elbow 2) anat. a) the forelimb of any vertebrate b) any similar structure in an invertebrate 3) hfi any armlike part or attachment, as the tone arm… …   From formal English to slang

• Oliver Twist — For other uses, see Oliver Twist (disambiguation). Oliver Twist …   Wikipedia