put someone under the screw

English

Verb

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

  1. (slang, obsolete) To compel, coerce or pressure someone.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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