"turn the screw" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns the screw",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning the screw",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the screw",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the screw",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "turn the screw (third-person singular simple present turns the screw, present participle turning the screw, simple past and past participle turned the screw)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "Arsenal's dominance was reflected in a flurry of goals before half-time – three in six minutes: first, Podolski turned the screw with a peach of a free-kick; then Gervinho accelerated on to Mikel Arteta's beautifully crafted pass and beat Davis at his near post with conviction; and finally Southampton's defence unspooled completely when Gervinho broke to release Gibbs, whose return ball cannoned off Nathaniel Clyne for Southampton's second own goal of a sobering afternoon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To increase the pressure of a situation."
      ],
      "id": "en-turn_the_screw-en-verb-lVmYEncR",
      "links": [
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To increase the pressure of a situation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "turn the screws"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "En-au-turn the screw.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-au-turn_the_screw.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "turn the screw"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns the screw",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning the screw",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the screw",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the screw",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "turn the screw (third-person singular simple present turns the screw, present participle turning the screw, simple past and past participle turned the screw)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "Arsenal's dominance was reflected in a flurry of goals before half-time – three in six minutes: first, Podolski turned the screw with a peach of a free-kick; then Gervinho accelerated on to Mikel Arteta's beautifully crafted pass and beat Davis at his near post with conviction; and finally Southampton's defence unspooled completely when Gervinho broke to release Gibbs, whose return ball cannoned off Nathaniel Clyne for Southampton's second own goal of a sobering afternoon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To increase the pressure of a situation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To increase the pressure of a situation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-turn the screw.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-au-turn_the_screw.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "turn the screws"
    }
  ],
  "word": "turn the screw"
}