Use+threats
41hold a gun to head — hold a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to get what you want. No one held a gun to her head and made her live with the guy she made that bad decision all on her own. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of hold a gun to somebody s head( …
42hold a gun to (someone's) head — hold/put a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to force someone to do what you want. Management are holding a gun to our heads. If we don t behave we ll lose our jobs …
43put a gun to (someone's) head — hold/put a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to force someone to do what you want. Management are holding a gun to our heads. If we don t behave we ll lose our jobs …
44loan shark — noun (C) someone who lends money at very high rates of interest 1 (4) and will often use threats or violence to get the money back …
45threaten — threat•en [[t]ˈθrɛt n[/t]] v. t. 1) to utter a threat against 2) to be a menace or source of danger to: to threaten one s peace of mind[/ex] 3) to offer (a punishment, injury, etc.) by way of a threat: They threatened swift retaliation[/ex] 4) to …
46threaten — /ˈθrɛtn/ (say thretn) verb (t) 1. to utter a threat against; menace: *the boys sniggered, and kept it up till Georgy, having gained the platform, threatened them with a clout on the head . –henry handel richardson, 1910. 2. to be a menace or… …
47concuss — To use threats; to exercise duress …
48hold a pistol to someone's head — (figurative) To use threats to force someone to do what one wants • • • Main Entry: ↑pistol …
49give somebody the third degree — give sb the ˌthird deˈgree idiom (informal) to question sb for a long time and in a thorough way; to use threats or violence to get information from sb Main entry: ↑third degreeidiom …
50international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
