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arm-twisting
noun as in scare tactics
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Enacting the landmark Civil Rights Act took a lot more than arm-twisting by Lyndon Johnson.
From The Daily Beast
She said advocates needed to do more old-fashioned arm-twisting in order to get their way.
From The Daily Beast
By that measure, if Reid wants the gun bill to pass, he has some arm-twisting to do.
From The Daily Beast
He and those like him think the time is ripe for your computer to do some arm-twisting and make us better citizens.
From The Daily Beast
While plundering, the Greeks do not refrain from political arm-twisting.
From Project Gutenberg
Dare say he deserved what Dreer was giving him, although I don't believe in arm-twisting.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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