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  • 1turn the screw — ▪ To apply (physical, moral, etc) pressure progressively ▪ To exact payment ● screw * * * turn (or tighten) the screw (or screws) informal exert strong pressure on someone …

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  • 2turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …

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  • 3turn up the heat — verb apply great or increased pressure The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election • Syn: ↑turn up the pressure • Hypernyms: ↑coerce, ↑hale, ↑squeeze, ↑pressure, ↑force …

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  • 4turn up the pressure — verb apply great or increased pressure The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election • Syn: ↑turn up the heat • Hypernyms: ↑coerce, ↑hale, ↑squeeze, ↑pressure, ↑force …

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  • 5Blood pressure — For information about high blood pressure, see Hypertension. Blood pressure Diagnostics A sphygmomanometer, a device used for measuring arterial pressure. MeSH …

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  • 6Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …

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  • 7United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 8Georges Bonnet — Infobox Person name = Georges Étienne Bonnet birth date = Birth date|1889|07|22 death date = Death date and age|1973|6|18|1889|07|22 alma mater= Sorbonne, party = Radical Socialist Party religion = Roman Catholic spouse = Odette Pelletan children …

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  • 9Comprehensive campaign — A comprehensive campaign is labor union organizing or a collective bargaining campaign with a heavy focus on research, the use of community coalition building, publicity and public pressure, political and regulatory pressure, and economic and… …

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  • 10Wright brothers — Orville Wright Photo: 1903 Born August 19 …

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