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turn up the pressure
Overview of verb turn-up-the-pressure
The verb turn up the pressure has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. turn up the heat, turn up the pressure -- (apply great or increased pressure; "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election")
Antonyms of verb turn-up-the-pressure
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb turn-up-the-pressure
1 sense of turn up the pressure
Sense 1
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
=> coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> compel, oblige, obligate
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb turn-up-the-pressure
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb turn-up-the-pressure
1 sense of turn up the pressure
Sense 1
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
=> coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
'Cause To' of verb turn-up-the-pressure
Derived Forms of verb turn-up-the-pressure
Domain of verb turn-up-the-pressure
Domain Terms of verb turn-up-the-pressure
Familiarity of verb turn-up-the-pressure
turn up the pressure used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb turn-up-the-pressure
1 sense of turn up the pressure
Sense 1
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb turn-up-the-pressure
1 sense of turn up the pressure
Sense 1
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
> coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
=> drive
=> bludgeon
=> steamroller, steamroll
=> squeeze for
=> dragoon, sandbag, railroad
=> terrorize, terrorise
=> bring oneself
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb turn-up-the-pressure
Sense 1
turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
=> coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
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