put the screws

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To apply pressure and coercion. idiomatic
    — If in fact […] they put the screws on Berlin in the way that Gromyko said they were going to, then we are... I know that we were bound to invade Cuba under those conditions.

词形变化

puts the screws present,singular,third-person putting the screws participle,present put the screws participle,past put the screws past put the screw alternative
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