TWIST SOMEONE'S ARM

Meaning of TWIST SOMEONE'S ARM in English

informal

forcefully persuade someone to do something that they are reluctant to do.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TWIST SOMEONE'S ARM — (informal) PRESSURIZE, coerce, force; persuade; informal lean on, bulldoze, railroad, put the screws on. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWIST SOMEONE'S ARM — expr infml Do I have to twist your arm or will you cooperate? — Мне нужно будет на тебя давить, или …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
TWIST SOMEONE'S ARM — expr infml Do I have to twist your arm or will you cooperate? — Мне нужно будет на тебя давить, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
TWIST SOMEONE'S ARM — twist someone's arm expr infml Do I have to twist your arm or will you cooperate? Мне нужно будет на …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TWIST SOMEONE'S ARM — Do I have to twist your arm or will you cooperate? — Мне нужно будет на тебя давить, или ты …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TWIST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARM — I. ˈärm, ˈȧm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English arm, earm; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWIST — — twistable , adj. — twistability , n. — twistedly , adv. — twistingly , adv. /twist/ , v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARM — arm 1 — armed , adj. — armlike , adj. /ahrm/ , n. 1. the upper limb of the human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TWIST — I. ˈtwist verb Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch twisten, from twist twine, discord, quarrel; akin to Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARM — I. ˈärm noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English earm; akin to Latin armus shoulder, Sanskrit īrma arm Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWIST — noun the form given in twisting. 2. twist ·noun a roll of twisted dough, baked. 3. twist ·vt a twig. …
Webster English vocab
ARM — noun a branch of a tree. 2. arm ·noun anything resembling an arm. 3. arm ·noun an inlet of water …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TWIST — [twist] vb [ME, fr. OE -twist rope; akin to MD twist quarrel, twine, OE twa two] vt (15c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ARM — [arm] n [ME, fr. OE earm; akin to L armus shoulder, Skt irma arm] (bef. 12c) 1: a human upper …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ARM — in zoology, either of the forelimbs or upper limbs of ordinarily bipedal vertebrates, particularly humans and other primates. The term …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TWIST
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARM — / ɑːm; NAmE ɑːrm/ noun , verb ■ noun —see also arms PART OF BODY 1. either of the two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWIST — I. twist 1 S3 /twɪst/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ twist , ↑ twister ; verb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ARM — I. arm 1 S1 W1 /ɑːm $ ɑːrm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1, 3-4, 6-13: Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TWIST — v. & n. --v. 1 a tr. change the form of by rotating one end and not the other or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ARM — n. 1 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand. 2 a the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TWIST — v. & n. v. 1 a tr. change the form of by rotating one end and not the other or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ARM — n. 1 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand. 2 a the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TWIST — v. & n. --v. 1. a tr. change the form of by rotating one end and not the other or …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
ARM — 1. n.1 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand. 2 a the …
Oxford English vocab
ARM — I. PART OF YOUR BODY OR OF SOMETHING ELSE /ɑ:(r)m/ ( arms) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWIST — ( twists, twisting, twisted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TWIST
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chair leg/arm/back/seat ▪ The chair leg has broken. an armed attack ▪ Armed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWIST
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ARM — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left , right ▪ upper ▪ the muscles of the upper ~ ▪ muscular , powerful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TWIST
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWIST — v. 1 plait, braid, weave, entwine, intertwine, twine, interweave, pleach, splice, wreathe, interlace She twisted together some daisies to make …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ARM — A part attached to or projecting from something. See a-arm , ball joint rocker arm , breaker arm , control …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
TWIST — 1. сущ. 1) а) изгиб, поворот; тех. ход витка (на резьбе) б) искажение, искривление в) вывих г) трюк, уловка 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ARM — I 1. сущ. 1) рука (от кисти до плеча, в мед. терминах плечо с предплечьем) ср. forearm fling one's arms …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWIST — twist.ogg 1. twıst n 1. кручение; крутка; скручивание; сучение to give a twist - крутить, скручивать to give a twist …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMEONE — someone.ogg ʹsʌm|wʌn,-ʹsʌmwən indef pron кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо someone else - кто-то другой someone else's - чужой, не свой someone or …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ARM — arm.ogg _I 1. ɑ:m n 1. 1> рука ( от плеча до кисти ) arm sling - перевязь для (сломанной) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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