twist someone's arm

English

Verb

twist someone's arm

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: To apply torsion along the length of the arm of (a person).
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To coerce, force, or cajole.
    They had to twist his arm, but they got him to join the project.
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