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The meaning of STRONG-ARM is having or using undue force. How to use strong-arm in a sentence.
To strong-arm someone is to force them to do something. When you strong-arm your sister into getting out of your bedroom, you physically push her out the door.
a method or a type of behaviour that involves using force and threats to make people do what you want: Police resorted to strong-arm tactics to break up the protest. See more.
Strong-arm definition: using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective. See examples of STRONG-ARM used in a sentence.
strong-arm. If you refer to someone's behaviour as strong-arm tactics or methods, you disapprove of it because it consists of using threats or force in order to achieve something. The money has been recovered without resorting to verbal abuse or strong-arm tactics.
Synonyms for STRONG-ARM: intimidate, bully, coerce, frighten, browbeat, scare, startle, bulldoze; Antonyms of STRONG-ARM: reassure, comfort, soothe, encourage, cheer, console, steel, persuade.
Definition of strong-arm adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
