Definition of putting the screws on

put the screws on

verb

• to force a desired action using threats or intimidation.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
be like flies on sh*t	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
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Other terms relating to 'put':
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
PIIYB	Definitions include: acronym for "put it in your butt".
pu put b*tch	Definitions include: a pimp's primary prostitute.
put	Definitions include: place down
put a cork in it	Definitions include: to be quiet; "shut up".
put all of (one's) eggs in one basket	Definitions include: to risk everything on a single unlikely event.
put a pin in	Definitions include: to delay a topic until a future time.
put a sock in it	Definitions include: to be quiet.
put away	Definitions include: to incarcerate.
put down	Definitions include: to kill an animal, usually due to injury, sickness, or disease.
put down some brown	Definitions include: to defecate liquid feces.
put in (one's) place	Definitions include: to deflate someone's over-inflated ego.
put in the buck	Definitions include: see in the buck.
put it	Definitions include: to swear, to promise that something you have done happened.
put lead in (one's) pencil	Definitions include: make one stronger.
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Other terms relating to 'screw':
bend over and get screwed	Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen.
have a screw loose	Definitions include: to be odd or slightly crazy.
screw	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
screw around	Definitions include: to cheat on one's partner.
screwed	Definitions include: Past tense of "screw".
screwed up	Definitions include: broken, ruined, defective.
screw it	Definitions include: exclamation of abandon.
screw off	Definitions include: a dismissive retort; "buzz off".
screw over	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
screw the badger	Definitions include: to be bad or displeasing.
screw the pooch	Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake.
screw up	Definitions include: to err; "mess up".
screw with	Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
screw with (one's) head	Definitions include: to confuse a person.
tighten the screws on	Definitions include: to restrict.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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