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Strong-arm   /strɔŋ-ɑrm/   Listen
Strong-arm

verb
1.
Handle roughly.
2.
Be bossy towards.  Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around.
3.
Use physical force against.



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"Strong-arm" Quotes from Famous Books



... ordinary kidnapping. It's this way. Miss Ann come to me and we agree that the kid's a pest that had ought to have some strong-arm keep him in order, so we decide to get him away to a friend of mine who keeps a dogs' hospital down on Long Island. Bud Smithers is the guy to handle that kid. You ought to see him take hold of a dog that's all grouch and ...
— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse



Words linked to "Strong-arm" :   beat up, beat, tyrannise, handle, do by, tyrannize, domineer, treat, forceful, intimidate, work over



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