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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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