Put the screws to


Synonyms for put the screws to
verb question

inquire
challenge
quiz
request
demand
grill
needle
hit

investigate
institute
catechize
pump
interrogate
direct
examine
sweat

roast
enjoin
canvass
query
buzz
cross-examine
go over
pop the question

give the third degree
hunt for
pry into
put through the wringer
pick one’s brains

Antonyms for put the screws to

reply
ignore
claim

insist
repudiate
answer

command
tell
disinvite

Synonyms
verb extort

squeeze
drain
stick
exhaust
fleece

rook
impoverish
confiscate
extract
strong-arm

blackmail
overcharge
mulct
skin
deplete

pauperize
sap
steal
milk
leech

Antonyms

increase
give

offer
add

put in

Synonyms
verb find guilty

imprison
condemn
sentence
frame

adjudge
attaint
rap
doom

put away
bring to justice
declare guilty
pass sentence on

pronounce guilty
send up the river
send up
throw the book at

Antonyms

release
exonerate

liberate
free

Synonyms
verb interrogating an opposing witness

catechize
check
debrief
examine
grill

inquire
interrogate
investigate
pump
question

quiz
scrutinize
sweat
ask pointed questions
cross-question

give the third degree
go over with a fine-tooth comb
put on the hotseat
third-degree

Synonyms
verb ask questions aggressively

interrogate
roast
interview

inquisition
question
catechize

cross-examine
go over
third degree

give the third degree
put the pressure on

Antonyms

answer

Synonyms
verb ask pointed questions

grill
investigate
query
examine
quiz

inquire
pump
question
roast
catechize

cross-examine
go over
cross-question
give the third degree
put through the wringer

sweat out
work over

Antonyms

reply

answer

Synonyms
verb incite, urge

press
pressure
encourage
spur
speed
inspire
influence
coerce
persuade
bulldoze
hurry

motivate
goad
jolly
oblige
prod
browbeat
railroad
squeeze
constrain
expedite
kid

impel
strong-arm
bear down
egg on
turn on
goose
steamroll
dragoon
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

Antonyms

dissuade
hinder
repress
suppress

delay
slow
conceal
hide

leave alone
discourage
stop
pull

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