TIGHTEN THE SCREWS


Meaning of TIGHTEN THE SCREWS in English

{v. phr.} To try to make someone do something by making it more and more difficult not to do it; apply pressure. * /When many students still missed class after he began giving daily quizzes, the teacher tightened the screws by failing anyone absent four times./

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