put the screws onの例文

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1. His dope-supplying creditors put the screws on him, almost literally.
2. And then you put the screws on your civility with " WP : SPA, WP : SOCK and / or WP : MEAT ".
3. Reynolds argues that this will not only keep MCI and AT & AMP; T on their toes, but will put the screws on them to make serious investments in local service.
4. Cost cutting by insurance firms and government agencies had the put the screws on HMOs, who turned around and sought layoffs and wage rollbacks from workers, setting labor and management at each other's throats.
5. In that kind of squeeze, " you could lose your ass if the other guy wanted to put the screws on you, " said Tom Glasser, head of mortgage trading at Sandler O'Neill & AMP; Partners LP in New York.