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Noun: arm-twisting  'aa(r)m,twis-ting
  1. Persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure
    "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result"; "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree"

Derived forms: arm-twistings

Type of: persuasion, suasion [rare]

Encyclopedia: Arm-twisting

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