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Verb: put the screws on
Usage: informal
  1. To compel or deter by (or as if) by threats or a show of force
    - intimidate, put the frigheners on [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: put the screws on

Type of: discourage, frustrate

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put one across
put one over
put option
put out
put out feelers
put over
put right
put the cart before the horse
put the cat among the pigeons
put the frigheners on
put the screws on
put through
put to death
put to sleep
put to work
put together
put under
put up
putamen
putative
putatively