arm-twist

verb

as in to intimidate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twist
  1. intimidate
  2. browbeat
  3. bully
  4. threaten
  5. cow
  6. terrorize
  7. coerce
  8. bulldoze
Verb
  • Beyond amenities, Willey and the space’s owners wanted to create a space that’s not intimidating for a diverse golfing crowd.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • The experience taught me about the value of detail, how research wins out, and that outsized odds shouldn’t be intimidating.
    — Alexander Kardos-Nyheim, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of intimidate
Verb
  • Dodgers management didn’t browbeat Treinen and Call, and that’s fine — ballplayers should be entitled to share their personal thoughts, however noxious.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • No need to legally browbeat AI makers or require AI developers to implement specialized AI safety features.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of browbeat
Verb
  • There, Pinocchio witnesses James being bullied by his peers, and his vengeful instincts kick in.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 July 2026
  • Alison Arngrim Nellie Oleson, the daughter of the mercantile store owners who bullied Laura, was played by Alison Arngrim.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of bully
Verb
  • But after structural problems earlier this month threatened a partial collapse at one of the city’s largest such projects, regulators have intensified scrutiny.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Kansas City police are looking to the public for information after investigators say a woman threatened several people in Kansas City’s Waldo neighborhood over the weekend.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Definition of threaten
Verb
  • What stood out was his confidence; Bouaddi was never cowed up against the experienced pairing of Bruno Guimaraes and Casemiro.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Refusing to be cowed, Sartre responded to Aron with his own book on Marx, the nine-hundred-page Critique of Dialectical Reason, in 1960.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
Definition of cow
Verb
  • Morrison helped lead the racist white supremacy campaign of 1898 that terrorized Black citizens and led to policies of segregation, The Observer previously reported.
    — Chase Jordan July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
  • But his plan of enforcement, tearing families apart, terrorizing communities with mass ICE raids, and pitting nations against nations is not the solution.
    — Ken Salazar, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of terrorize
Verb
  • Federal prosecutors said the recruitment system helped Epstein abuse hundreds of victims over decades, while some recruiters later said they had themselves been manipulated, exploited or coerced by Epstein into participating.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Some innocents are coerced into false confessions, like what happened to the Central Park Five.
    — Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Definition of coerce
Verb
  • Darren wants to bulldoze the minigolf course to expand his go carting empire and fulfill his NazzKart dream.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 17 July 2026
  • The highlight of the lottery pick battle was when Lendeborg bulldozed Boozer in transition before flipping in a feathery floater for two points in the first half.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Definition of bulldoze
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“Arm-twist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twist. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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