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tighten the screws
Idioms and Phrases
see under turn up the heat .Example Sentences
Hard-line anti-Kremlin activists speaking from abroad, meanwhile, speculated that the Russian state could have orchestrated the attack so that it could blame Ukraine or further tighten the screws inside the country.
“Now we get a couple of days to kind of regroup and tighten the screws up and go back into an environment we just ended in and try to get our first win.â€
His business has since ramped up, drawing in more and more clients as companies tighten the screws on return-to-office mandates.
The deliberations underscore the White House’s worries about falling behind in the race to dominate A.I. and the potential for Beijing to use the technology in military applications — and they show that it is willing to tighten the screws on trade to stay ahead.
If McCarthy doesn’t get the White House to tighten the screws at all, the hard-right might decide that dear Kevin didn’t quite get the job done, and should have his speakership re-examined.
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