Arm-twist
to subject to arm-twisting:
the unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
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the use of threat, coercion, or other forms of pressure and persuasion to achieve one’s purpose: it took a lot of arm-twisting but he finally agreed to work this weekend. to subject to arm-twisting: the unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes. contemporary examples he and those like him think the time […]
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