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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure;
- Example: "some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result"
- Example: "no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arm-twisting
    n 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"