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| tighten the screws (as the state tightens the screws on what was once Russia's flagship corporate giant Olga Okuneva); tighten the screw (He wanted badly to fulfil his plan, and to achieve it he decided to tighten the screw on his subordinates); turn the screw | |||
| clamp down on (CNN Alex_Odeychuk) | |||
clamp down (igisheva); drop the hammer (Time to drop the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate justice! VLZ_58); have been tightening the screws (on ... – в отношении ...  cnn.com Alex_Odeychuk) | |||
| draw nuts up tight; apply the screw on (someone); tighten the screw on (someone); put the screw on (someone); turn the screw on (someone) | |||
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закручивать гайки : 3 phrases in 2 subjects |
| General | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 2 |