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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
arm-twisting is a noun meaning "persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure". It carries one recorded sense.
persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure
“some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result”
“no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for arm-twisting come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.