Usually means: Persuade someone using strong pressure.
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  1. arm-twist: Merriam-Webster
  2. arm-twist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arm-twist: Wordnik
  4. arm-twist: Wiktionary
  5. arm-twist: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. arm-twist: Dictionary.com
  7. arm-twist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  To use personal pressure to persuade.
▸ verb:  To use political pressure to gain support.

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twist someone's arm, press, urge, push, strain, push up against, hold someone's feet to the fire, angle, threat, force, more...

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twist someone's arm, press, urge, push, strain, push up against, hold someone's feet to the fire, angle, threat, force, more...



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