twist someone's arm (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To apply torsion along the length of the arm of (a person).
glosses: To coerce, force, or cajole.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: twists someone's arm
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: twisting someone's arm
tags: participle
present
form: twisted someone's arm
tags: participle
past
form: twisted someone's arm
tags: past