twist someone's arm

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

twist someone's arm

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To apply torsion along the length of the arm of (a person).
2. (figuratively) To coerce, force, or cajole.

   They had to twist his arm, but they got him to join the project.

Translations

to coerce

• Finnish: painostaa (fi), pakottaa (fi)
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• French: forcer la main (fr)