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arm twist

arm twist is the alternative spelling of arm-twist.

Meaning of arm-twist

Verb

arm-twist (third-person singular simple present arm-twists, present participle arm-twisting, simple past and past participle arm-twisted)

  1. To use personal pressure to persuade.
  2. To use political pressure to gain support.

Forms of arm twist

third-person singular presentarm twists
present participlearm twisting
past participlearm twisted
pastarm twisted

Questions about arm twist

What is arm twist the alternative spelling of?
Arm twist is the alternative spelling of arm-twist.

Words near arm twist in the dictionary

  1. Arm River
  2. arm span
  3. arm spans
  4. arm the lead
  5. arm to the teeth
  6. arm twist
  7. arm twisted
  8. arm twister
  9. arm twisters
  10. arm twisting
  11. arm twistings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arm twist (page history and authors); arm-twist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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