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Verb: turn up the pressure
  1. Apply great or increased pressure
    - turn up the heat

Derived forms: turns up the pressure, turned up the pressure, turning up the pressure

Type of: coerce, force, hale [archaic], pressure, squeeze

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turn up the heat
turn up the pressure
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