turn the screw

Verb

Meaning

turn the screw (third-person singular simple present turns the screw, present participle turning the screw, simple past and past participle turned the screw)

(idiomatic) To increase the pressure of a situation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

turn of the screw

Close letter words and terms

turn the right way up again turn the scale turn the scales at turn the screws turn the spotlight on turn the table