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put the arm on someone

put the arm on someone verb: to demand money from someone.

Verb

put the arm on someone (third-person singular simple present puts the arm on someone, present participle putting the arm on someone, simple past and past participle put the arm on someone)

  1. (slang) To demand money from someone.

Forms of put the arm on someone

third-person singular presentputs the arm on someone
present participleputting the arm on someone
past participleput the arm on someone
pastput the arm on someone

Questions about put the arm on someone

What does put the arm on someone mean?
Put the arm on someone means to demand money from someone.
What part of speech is put the arm on someone?
Put the arm on someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the arm on someone?
The past tense of put the arm on someone is put the arm on someone.

Words near put the arm on someone in the dictionary

  1. put store in
  2. put straight
  3. put that in your hat
  4. put that in your hat and wear it
  5. put that in your pipe and smoke it
  6. put the arm on someone
  7. put the bad mouth on
  8. put the bee on
  9. put the beggar on the gentleman
  10. put the bite on
  11. put the blame on

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