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| пережать (Pressure puts the squeeze on nerve pathways and blood vessels, so the nerves can't transmit signals properly, and the blood vessels can't bring oxygen and nutrients to the nerves. 4uzhoj); придавить (on 4uzhoj) | |||
| нажимать (on someone: Ну, так жали его, жали, нажимали, нажимали, ну и повинился: "Не на панели, дескать, нашел, а в фатере нашел, в которой мы с Митреем мазали". – So they put the squeeze on him until he finally came out with it: "It weren't on the pavement I found 'em – it were in the digs me and Mitrei were painting." (Достоевский, Преступление и наказание)) | |||
| put the squeeze: 12 phrases in 7 subjects |
| Figure of speech | 1 |
| General | 2 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Informal | 4 |
| Jargon | 1 |
| Makarov | 2 |
| Slang | 1 |