put the screws to

Strongest matches

• challenge
• demand
• inquire
• quiz
• request

Strong matches

• buzz
• canvass
• catechize
• direct
• enjoin
• examine
• grill
• hit
• institute
• interrogate
• investigate
• needle
• pump
• query
• roast
• sweat

Weak matches

• cross-examine
• give the third degree
• go over
• hunt for
• pick one's brains
• pop the question
• pry into
• put through the wringer

Strongest matches

• drain
• squeeze
• stick

Strong matches

• blackmail
• confiscate
• deplete
• exhaust
• extract
• fleece
• impoverish
• leech
• milk
• mulct
• overcharge
• pauperize
• rook
• sap
• skin
• steal
• strong-arm

Strongest matches

• condemn
• imprison
• sentence

Strong matches

• adjudge
• attaint
• doom
• frame
• rap

Weak matches

• bring to justice
• declare guilty
• pass sentence on
• pronounce guilty
• put away
• send up
• send up the river
• throw the book at

Weak matches

• ask pointed questions
• catechize
• check
• cross-question
• debrief
• examine
• give the third degree
• go over with a fine-tooth comb
• grill
• inquire
• interrogate
• investigate
• pump
• put on the hotseat
• question
• quiz
• scrutinize
• sweat

Strongest matches

• interrogate
• roast

Strong matches

• catechize
• inquisition
• interview
• question

Weak matches

• cross-examine
• give the third degree
• go over
• put the pressure on
• third degree

Strongest matches

• examine
• grill
• investigate
• query
• quiz

Strong matches

• catechize
• inquire
• pump
• question
• roast

Weak matches

• cross-examine
• cross-question
• give the third degree
• go over
• put through the wringer
• sweat out
• work over

Strongest matches

• encourage
• press
• pressure
• speed
• spur

Strong matches

• browbeat
• bulldoze
• coerce
• constrain
• dragoon
• expedite
• goad
• goose
• hurry
• impel
• influence
• inspire
• jolly
• kid
• motivate
• oblige
• persuade
• prod
• railroad
• squeeze
• steamroll
• strong-arm

Weak matches

• bear down
• egg on
• exert influence
• fire up
• go to town on
• key up
• lean on
• overpress
• pour it on
• push around
• put up to
• sell on
• speed up
• turn on