put the screws

verb

(idiomatic) To apply pressure.

He put the screws on his employees to meet the deadline.

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) To apply pressure.

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.

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