idiomtwist sb's armto persuade someone to do something that they have said they do not want to do:I'll call her and twist her arm a little - I think she'll give us the money.Hammer said she had to twist Taylor's arm to get him to support the stadium.have your arm twisted: Many party loyalists were upset at having had their arms so firmly twisted on the health-care bill.arm-twisting: The bill was saved from a major defeat in the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee only after intense last-minute arm-twisting.
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