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Exert strong psychological pressure on (someone) so as to intimidate them into doing something

Combine against

To instruct or urge (someone) to do something

To persistently harass

Put the squeeze on

Press for political action

To make heavy demands on

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Verb

Exert strong psychological pressure on (someone) so as to intimidate them into doing something

put the screws on

put the squeeze on

use pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

use strong-arm tactics on

put under an obligation

twist someone's arm

turn on the heat

have someone do something

put the heat on

breathe down someone's neck

put the frighteners on

put the bite on

bring pressure to bear

force somebody's hand

twist one's arm

twist somebody's arm

make an offer they can't refuse

bring force to bear on

tighten the screws on

turn the screws on

bring pressure to bear upon

put the chill on

leave someone no option but to

intimidate into

pressurize into

throw weight around

tighten the screw on

turn the screw on

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“They hope Russia will put pressure on the Abkhaz and South Ossetian leaderships to give up their quest for independence.”

Verb

Combine against

combine against

join forces against

Verb

To instruct or urge (someone) to do something

try to persuade

use pressure on

give the command to

give the order to

put the heat on

put the screws on

twist someone's arm

put the screws to

steamroller into

exert influence on

use strong-arm tactics on

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Verb

To persistently harass

bring pressure to bear on

breathe down someone's neck

give someone grief

be on your back

drive round the bend

drive up the wall

get in your hair

give someone a hard time

drive round the twist

give a hard time

rub up the wrong way

get on your nerves

bend someone's ear

give someone the hump

make someone see red

give a bad time

cause suffering to

be on one's case

get on one's nerves

hit where one lives

rub the wrong way

be on the back of

be a nuisance to

find fault with

keep complaining to

drive to distraction

get your back up

put your back up

get in one's hair

get under one's skin

get on your wick

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

make someone's blood boil

put the squeeze on

get in someone's hair

ride roughshod over

take the mickey out of

give someone the pip

try someone's patience

take the piss out of

get someone's back up

get on someone's nerves

give someone hell

cause trouble to

give the business

grind someone down

discriminate against

push someon's buttons

be the victim of

weigh heavily on

be on someone's back

get up your nose

make your blood boil

get under your skin

rattle one's cage

get your dander up

cause concern to

make uncomfortable

cause discomfort to

drive you up the wall

cause anguish to

make someone's hackles rise

get someone's hackles up

get on someone's tits

ruffle someone's feathers

rattle someone's cage

get someone's goat

get someone's wick

get under someone's skin

get someone's dander up

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get up someone's nose

get the knife into

stick the knife into

get on the nerves of

get in the hair of

arouse anxiety in

throw off balance

make it tough for

search high heaven

beat the bushes

turn inside out

turn upside down

be on one's tail

be on one's back

leave no stone unturned

breath down someone's neck

take advantage of

do an injustice to

cause anxiety to

attack repeatedly

get across someone

put someone's back up

work into lather

send into a rage

try one's patience

take a rise out of

put someone out

get a rise out of

make blood boil

jump on one's case

give one the business

give the needle

put through wringer

be a great weight on

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

step on the toes of

lead someone a merry dance

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

prey on one's mind

rule with a rod of iron

bring under the yoke

bring someone to their knees

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

make a monkey of

lead somebody on

pull someone's leg

poke mullock at

pull somebody's leg

make someone's mouth water

make mouth water

keep hanging on

keep someone hanging on

play the heavy with

camp on the doorstep of

be a pain in the neck

cut to the quick

put someone off their stroke

take control of

put a damper on

make despondent

break one's heart

hurt somebody's feelings

give offence to

get someone down

put into a flap

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

concern oneself

make someone scratch their head

hurt someone's feelings

be on tenterhooks

torment oneself

torture oneself

hurt one's feelings

lose sleep over

inflict anguish on

pull the rug out from under

pull the rug from under

set someone back on their heels

cause disquiet to

tick someone off

work someone up

cause suffering

rub you up the wrong way

put your nose out of joint

prey on your mind

cause someone distress

take the heart out of

knock props out

throw into confusion

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

catch somebody off balance

catch somebody unawares

make downhearted

throw into tizzy

throw into uproar

throw into disorder

cause to lose heart

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

have had enough

make discontented

try the patience of

fill with consternation

catch off balance

throw into a tizzy

give someone a turn

put the wind up someone

put yourself out

take the trouble

put oneself out

be concerned about

hit a sour note

take by surprise

put someone off

make a fuss about

cast a pall over

put out of countenance

make a big thing out of

make a big thing of

make a mountain out of a molehill

be the matter with

make a thing of

be afflicted with

be plagued with

go to the trouble of

go out of one's way

stop someone in their tracks

upset apple cart

put someone off their stride

be blighted with

be burdened with

be bedevilled by

break the heart of

put into a funk

cause discomfort

cause to be at a stand

be ever present

become an obsession with

push to the limit

hurt the feelings of

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

reduce to tears

be on pins and needles

be in a tiz-woz

be in a state of anxiety

be in a state of nervousness

stay the course

be in a state of agitation

cast a gloom upon

bring tears to your eyes

knock the stuffing out of

give someone the blues

harsh someone's mellow

make someone fed up

make your heart bleed

pour cold water on

throw cold water on

cause to lose concentration

bite one's nails

get in a fluster

get in a lather

be in a blue funk

get overwrought

have someone do something

use strong-arm tactics on

twist someone's arm

put the heat on

put the screws on

go against the grain

be injurious to

have an adverse effect on

cause illness to

distress yourself

eat one's heart out

carry a heavy load

distress oneself

get into a dither

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Verb

Put the squeeze on

work on someone

put the squeeze on

Verb

Press for political action

Verb

To make heavy demands on

make demands on

put a strain on

weigh heavily on

make heavy demands on

ask too much of

wear to a frazzle

make severe demands on

be too much for

dump something on someone

push to the limit

bite off more than you can chew

wear someone out

get the better of

put great demands on

drain of energy

inflict something on

impose something on

unload something on

fob something off on to

thrust something on

bring someone to their knees

give responsibility for

exert excessively

put too much in

make too many demands on

work oneself into the ground

exert to the limit

run oneself into the ground

knock oneself out

put out of action

make excessive demands on

exceed the range of

exceed the scope of

exceed the limits of

drive into the ground

be a hard taskmaster

be a slave driver

be a slave-driver

give someone grief

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