What is another word for arm-twist?
665 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɑːmtwˈɪst], [ ˈɑːmtwˈɪst], [ ˈɑː_m_t_w_ˈɪ_s_t]
Arm-twist is a phrase that refers to using force or pressure to persuade someone to do something they may not want to do. There are several synonyms for this phrase; some of the more common synonyms include:
1. Coercion - using force or threats to make someone do something
2. Bullying - intimidating or threatening someone to get what you want
3. Persuasion - using reasoning or argument to convince someone to do something
4. Solicitation - asking or urging someone to do something
5. Influence - having a strong effect on someone to get them to do something.
These synonyms for arm-twist can be used interchangeably to describe a situation where someone is being pressured into doing something. It's important to note, however, that not all forms of persuasion or influence are negative - sometimes, it's simply a matter of presenting a convincing argument or appealing to someone's sense of reason.
Synonyms for Arm-twist:
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n.
• persuasion- Cajoleries ,
- Geese ,
- Inveiglement ,
- alignment ,
- alluring ,
- blandishment ,
- brainwashing ,
- cajolery ,
- cogency ,
- conversion ,
- enticement ,
- exhortation ,
- force ,
- goose ,
- gooses ,
- hard sell ,
- inducement ,
- persuasiveness ,
- potency ,
- power ,
- promote ,
- pull ,
- seduction ,
- sell ,
- snow job ,
- soft soap ,
- sweet talk ,
- wheedling ,
- winning over ,
- working over .
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v.
• coax • elicit • sweet-talk Other relevant words:
- ability ,
- abstract ,
- accost ,
- accurate ,
- acquire ,
- act upon ,
- add ,
- addict ,
- adjure ,
- advance ,
- advertise ,
- advertize ,
- advocate ,
- agitate ,
- aim ,
- alinement ,
- alliance ,
- allurement ,
- amaze ,
- annoyer ,
- approach ,
- arouse ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- attract ,
- authorisation ,
- authority ,
- authorization ,
- badger ,
- baffle ,
- bait ,
- baron ,
- barrack ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- become ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beguiling ,
- beleaguer ,
- beloved ,
- beseech ,
- beset ,
- bestow ,
- betray ,
- bewilder ,
- bewitch ,
- bid ,
- big businessman ,
- bit ,
- bite ,
- blight ,
- boost ,
- bosom ,
- bozo ,
- break ,
- bring ,
- bring forth ,
- bring in ,
- bring on ,
- bring out ,
- bring to light ,
- bring up ,
- brown-nose ,
- bug ,
- bugger off ,
- bunco ,
- bunko ,
- bunko game ,
- burn ,
- business leader ,
- buzz off ,
- cabbage ,
- call down ,
- call forth ,
- campaign ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- card ,
- case ,
- catch ,
- causa ,
- causal agency ,
- causal agent ,
- cause ,
- changeover ,
- charm ,
- cheer ,
- chevvy ,
- chevy ,
- chivvy ,
- chivy ,
- chomp ,
- claim ,
- claw ,
- clinch ,
- closet ,
- clout ,
- coalition ,
- coax cable ,
- coaxial cable ,
- coaxing ,
- coerce ,
- collation ,
- come ,
- come along ,
- come near ,
- come out ,
- come up ,
- come-on ,
- comfort ,
- commence ,
- commit ,
- compact ,
- compress ,
- con game ,
- confidence game ,
- confidence trick ,
- conjunction ,
- conjure ,
- conjure up ,
- conquest ,
- console ,
- constrict ,
- contort ,
- contract ,
- contribute ,
- convey ,
- convict ,
- cook ,
- cop ,
- coquette ,
- cordon off ,
- credit crunch ,
- crochet ,
- crotchet ,
- crusade ,
- crush ,
- cuckoo ,
- deal ,
- dear ,
- dearest ,
- deduce ,
- deduct ,
- deform ,
- defraud ,
- demand ,
- deplumate ,
- deplume ,
- derive ,
- descend ,
- determine ,
- develop ,
- didder ,
- diddle ,
- dirt ball ,
- disclose ,
- discover ,
- displume ,
- distil ,
- distill ,
- distort ,
- divulge ,
- dominance ,
- drag ,
- draw ,
- draw close ,
- draw in ,
- draw near ,
- draw out ,
- drive ,
- dumbfound ,
- educe ,
- effect ,
- effectiveness ,
- effort ,
- electrical energy ,
- electricity ,
- elevate ,
- embrace ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- encourage ,
- engender ,
- enkindle ,
- enticing ,
- entrance ,
- entreat ,
- escape from ,
- evince ,
- evoke ,
- evolve ,
- exact ,
- excerpt ,
- excite ,
- exhort ,
- experience ,
- exponent ,
- expose ,
- express ,
- extort ,
- extract ,
- fake ,
- falsify ,
- fascinate ,
- fathead ,
- father ,
- fetch ,
- fight ,
- filch ,
- finagle ,
- find ,
- fire ,
- fix ,
- fleece ,
- flimflam ,
- flirt ,
- fluff ,
- flummox ,
- force out ,
- force play ,
- force-out ,
- forcefulness ,
- fuck off ,
- fudge ,
- further ,
- gain ,
- gazump ,
- generate ,
- germinate ,
- get along ,
- get down ,
- get on ,
- get out ,
- get under one's skin ,
- give away ,
- glom ,
- go ,
- go on ,
- go up ,
- goldbrick ,
- goof ,
- goofball ,
- gouge ,
- gravel ,
- great power ,
- green soap ,
- grounds ,
- grow ,
- hale ,
- handclasp ,
- handshake ,
- handshaking ,
- harass ,
- harry ,
- hassle ,
- hasten ,
- have ,
- hold ,
- honeyed ,
- hoodwink ,
- hook shot ,
- hooking ,
- hornswoggle ,
- hug ,
- hustle ,
- impart ,
- impel ,
- imperativeness ,
- impulse ,
- incentive ,
- incitement ,
- incur ,
- index ,
- inducing ,
- induct ,
- infer ,
- infestation ,
- infusion ,
- inmate ,
- insect ,
- insect bite ,
- insistence ,
- insistency ,
- inspire ,
- institute ,
- introduce ,
- invite ,
- invoke ,
- iron ,
- iron out ,
- issue ,
- itch ,
- jackass ,
- jam ,
- jowl ,
- judder ,
- juggle ,
- kick up ,
- kick upstairs ,
- kindle ,
- king ,
- knock off ,
- land ,
- lawsuit ,
- learn ,
- lend ,
- let ,
- let on ,
- let out ,
- lift ,
- liquidity crisis ,
- loosen ,
- louse ,
- love ,
- lower jaw ,
- lower jawbone ,
- magnate ,
- major power ,
- make ,
- make for ,
- manage ,
- mandible ,
- mandibula ,
- mandibular bone ,
- manipulate ,
- mash ,
- mechanical press ,
- memorise ,
- memorize ,
- might ,
- mightiness ,
- military force ,
- military group ,
- military press ,
- military unit ,
- milk ,
- milk river ,
- milk shake ,
- milkshake ,
- minx ,
- misrepresent ,
- mogul ,
- mold ,
- molest ,
- morsel ,
- mother ,
- motivator ,
- movement ,
- mulct ,
- mystify ,
- near ,
- nip ,
- nobble ,
- nonplus ,
- obtain ,
- office ,
- opinion ,
- overcharge ,
- overstretch ,
- paint a picture ,
- palaver ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- pep up ,
- perpetrate ,
- perplex ,
- personnel ,
- pest ,
- pestilence ,
- pestis ,
- pilfer ,
- pinch ,
- play ,
- pluck ,
- plume ,
- pose ,
- potential ,
- potentiality ,
- power play ,
- powerfulness ,
- precise ,
- press out ,
- pressing ,
- pressure ,
- prevail ,
- prick ,
- prickteaser ,
- printing press ,
- process ,
- produce ,
- progress ,
- provoke ,
- public press ,
- publish ,
- puff ,
- pull in ,
- pull out ,
- pull up ,
- pulling ,
- pungency ,
- purloin ,
- push ,
- put forward ,
- put muscle on ,
- put out ,
- put the arm on ,
- puzzle ,
- raciness ,
- rack ,
- rag ,
- raise ,
- rale ,
- rally ,
- ram ,
- rattle ,
- rattling ,
- razz ,
- reason ,
- rebirth ,
- receive ,
- recommend ,
- regulate ,
- release ,
- rend ,
- reveal ,
- ribbing ,
- ride ,
- rigor ,
- rigour ,
- rip ,
- rip out ,
- rive ,
- rob ,
- rock ,
- rook ,
- root for ,
- root on ,
- rope off ,
- rush ,
- say-so ,
- scam ,
- schmoose ,
- schmooze ,
- scram ,
- seize with teeth ,
- selection ,
- sentiment ,
- set about ,
- set off ,
- set out ,
- shake ,
- shake off ,
- shake up ,
- shape ,
- shape up ,
- sharpness ,
- shingle ,
- shiver ,
- shmoose ,
- shmooze ,
- short-change ,
- shove ,
- show ,
- show up ,
- sire ,
- snack ,
- snare ,
- snarf ,
- sneak ,
- snitch ,
- soak ,
- solace ,
- solicit ,
- spiritual rebirth ,
- squash ,
- squeeze ,
- squeeze play ,
- squeezing ,
- squelch ,
- squirm ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- steerer ,
- stick ,
- stimulate ,
- sting ,
- stir ,
- storm ,
- strength ,
- stuff ,
- stupefy ,
- suasion ,
- submaxilla ,
- suffer ,
- suggest ,
- suit ,
- superpower ,
- surcharge ,
- surface ,
- sustain ,
- swap ,
- sway ,
- sweetener ,
- swindle ,
- swipe ,
- swop ,
- syrupy ,
- take ,
- take out ,
- tantalise ,
- tantalize ,
- taunt ,
- tear ,
- tear out ,
- tease apart ,
- teaser ,
- teasing ,
- temptation ,
- tempting ,
- temptingness ,
- thieve ,
- thought ,
- throw off ,
- thrust ,
- top executive ,
- trade ,
- trance ,
- transition ,
- tremble ,
- trill ,
- turn up ,
- twat ,
- tweet ,
- twinge ,
- twist ,
- twit ,
- twitch ,
- tycoon ,
- uncover ,
- unveil ,
- unwrap ,
- upgrade ,
- urge on ,
- validity ,
- vamp ,
- vamper ,
- vex ,
- vexer ,
- victimize ,
- view ,
- violence ,
- wag ,
- waggle ,
- wangling ,
- wardrobe ,
- wedge ,
- weigh ,
- weight-lift ,
- weightlift ,
- wisconsinite ,
- work ,
- work at ,
- world power ,
- wreak ,
- wrench ,
- wrest ,
- wrestle ,
- wriggle ,
- wring ,
- wring from ,
- writhe ,
- yard bird ,
- yardbird ,
- zany .
How to use "Arm-twist" in context?
When someone arm-twists you, they twist your arm behind your back. The maneuver is used as a form of persuasion, often in mutually beneficial negotiations. In a physical altercation, arm-twisting can be used as a form of restraint.
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- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.
