"put someone under the screw" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts someone under the screw [present, singular, third-person], putting someone under the screw [participle, present], put someone under the screw [participle, past], put someone under the screw [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,put>}} put someone under the screw (third-person singular simple present puts someone under the screw, present participle putting someone under the screw, simple past and past participle put someone under the screw)
  1. (slang, obsolete) To compel, coerce or pressure someone. Tags: obsolete, slang Related terms: put the screws
    Sense id: en-put_someone_under_the_screw-en-verb-sVJMTCTK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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