Antonyms for put screws to
Grammar : Verb |
- abandon
- add
- aid
- allow
- answer
- assist
- benefit
- boost
- calm
- cease
- check
- claim
- comfort
- command
- compliment
- conceal
- delay
- delight
- deter
- disallow
- disapprove
- discourage
- disinvite
- disregard
- dissuade
- donate
- drop
- encourage
- exonerate
- expand
- fail
- forego
- forfeit
- forget
- free
- give
- give in
- give up
- gladden
- halt
- help
- hide
- hinder
- ignore
- increase
- insist
- inspirit
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- loosen
- lose
- make happy
- miss
- neglect
- not finish
- offer
- overlook
- permit
- please
- praise
- prevent
- pull
- put in
- refuse
- release
- reply
- repress
- repudiate
- slow
- soothe
- stop
- suppress
- surrender
- tell
- uncompress
- unfasten
- unscrew
- untwist
- yield
Definition of put screws to
- As in interrogate : verb ask pointed questions
- As in ask : verb question
- As in oppress : verb depress, subdue
- As in push : verb incite, urge
- As in screw : verb pressure
- As in squeeze : verb try to get money out of
- As in bleed : verb extort
- As in convict : verb find guilty
- As in cross-examine : verb interrogating an opposing witness
- As in enforce : verb put a rule, plan in force
- As in extort : verb cheat; blackmail
- As in force : verb obligate to do something
- As in grill : verb ask questions aggressively
Synonyms for put screws to
- abuse
- accomplish
- adjudge
- administer
- administrate
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- apply
- ask pointed questions
- attaint
- bear down
- bear hard on
- beat down
- bilk
- bind
- blackmail
- bleed
- bring pressure to bear
- bring pressure to bear upon
- bring to justice
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- bully
- burden
- buzz
- canvass
- carry out
- catechize
- cause
- challenge
- charge
- cheat
- check
- chisel
- choke
- clip
- coerce
- command
- commandeer
- compel
- concuss
- condemn
- confiscate
- conscript
- constrain
- contract
- crack down
- cross-examine
- cross-question
- crush
- debrief
- declare guilty
- defraud
- demand
- deplete
- despotize
- dictate
- direct
- discharge
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- do
- doom
- draft
- drag
- dragoon
- drain
- drive
- educe
- effect
- egg on
- eke out
- elicit
- emphasize
- encourage
- encumber
- enforce
- enjoin
- evince
- exact
- examine
- execute
- exert
- exert influence
- exhaust
- expect
- expedite
- extort
- extract
- fire up
- fix
- fleece
- force
- force upon
- fortify
- frame
- fulfill
- get
- give the third degree
- go over
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go to town on
- goad
- goose
- gouge
- grill
- handicap
- harass
- harry
- hit
- hold a knife to
- hold up
- hound
- hunt for
- hurry
- ice
- impel
- implement
- impose
- impoverish
- impress
- imprison
- incite
- inflict
- influence
- inquire
- inquisition
- insist
- insist on
- inspire
- institute
- interrogate
- interview
- investigate
- invoke
- jolly
- keep down
- key up
- kid
- lash
- lean on
- leech
- limit
- make
- make pay through nose
- maltreat
- milk
- motivate
- move
- mulct
- necessitate
- needle
- oblige
- obtain
- obtrude
- occasion
- oppress
- order
- outrage
- overcharge
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overpress
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- pass sentence on
- pauperize
- perform
- persecute
- persuade
- pick on
- pick one's brains
- pin down
- pinch
- plague
- pop the question
- pour it on
- press
- pressure
- pressurize
- prey on
- prod
- pronounce guilty
- prosecute
- pry into
- pull one's leg
- pump
- push around
- put away
- put down
- put into effect
- put on the hotseat
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
- put the arm on
- put the pressure on
- put the screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put through the wringer
- put up to
- put upon
- query
- question
- quiz
- railroad
- rap
- ream
- reinforce
- request
- require
- restrict
- ride
- roast
- rook
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- sanction
- sandbag
- sap
- scrutinize
- secure
- sell on
- send up
- send up the river
- sentence
- shake down
- shotgun
- skin
- smother
- soak
- speed
- speed up
- spur
- squeeze
- steal
- steamroll
- stick
- sting
- strain
- stress
- strong-arm
- subjugate
- support
- suppress
- sweat
- sweat out
- tax
- third degree
- third-degree
- throw the book at
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- turn on
- tyrranize
- urge
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- whip
- work over
- worry
- wrench
- wrest
- wring
- wrong
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