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PUT THE SQUEEZE/SCREWS ON/TO
to apply pressure on someone to do smth.; to force or coerce someone
 PUT THE SQUEEZE/SCREWS ON/TO
1. I have two job offers and I haven’t been able to decide which one to accept. They are both putting the squeeze on me to decide soon.
2. The senator wanted his colleagues to vote for his proposal. They owed him a favor, so he began to put the screws on.


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