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twists someone's arm

twists someone's arm is the third-person singular simple present indicative of twist someone's arm.

Meaning of twist someone's arm

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To apply torsion along the length of the arm of (a person).
    • I twist his arm, a snap signaling when it breaks. His screams reverberate in the tiny apartment.2013, Justina Ireland, Vengeance Bound, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 295
  2. (figuratively) To coerce, force, or cajole.
    • They had to twist his arm, but they got him to join the project.

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Twists someone's arm is the third-person singular simple present indicative of twist someone's arm.

Words near twists someone's arm in the dictionary

  1. twists
  2. twists and turns
  3. twists around one's little finger
  4. twists in the wind
  5. twists of fate
  6. twists someone's arm
  7. twists someone's words
  8. twists the knife
  9. twists the knife in the wound
  10. twists up
  11. twistwing

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