Arm-twisting
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 is ripe for your computer to do some arm-twisting and make us better citizens.
facebook’s organ-donor option sounds good, but should we be paranoid about privacy? kent sepkowitz may 1, 2012
enacting the landmark civil rights act took a lot more than arm-twisting by lyndon johnson.
how a dream became a law: p-ssing the civil rights act of 1964 wendy smith march 30, 2014
by that measure, if reid wants the gun bill to p-ss, he has some arm-twisting to do.
the gun-control fight harry reid can’t win david freedlander january 21, 2013
historical examples
dare say he deserved what dreer was giving him, although i don’t believe in arm-twisting.
left tackle thayer ralph henry barbour
noun
extremely strong persuasion: with some arm-twisting, she went to the party
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