ARM-TWISTING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure

Example:

no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("arm-twisting" is a kind of...):

persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)

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