strong-arm
strong
strɑng
straang
arm
ɑ:rm
aarm
/stɚˈɒŋˈɑːm/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "strong-arm"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϜāĻŦāϰāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to use force, threats, or coercion to make someone do something against their will
Disapproving
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were strong-armed into making a decision they were n’t comfortable with.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϧāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be domineering or bossy towards someone, often in a way that feels intimidating or unfair
Disapproving
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n’t let him strong-arm you into doing things you do n’t want to.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž āϝāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ