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"Put the squeeze on" nghĩa là gì?
26 Feb, 2020
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"Put the squeeze (ép, vắt) on" = (thông tục) dùng sức ép đối với ai để hành động theo một cách cụ thể nào đó; tạo ra khó khăn/vấn đề cho ai.
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The Trump administration's 25% tariff on European wine could put the squeeze on distributors, but also create an opening for Oregon labels.
Florida holds the contest every year in an effort to put the squeeze on the nonvenomous (không độc) constrictor (trăn nhiệt đới nam mỹ). Conservationists (người ủng hộ công cuộc bảo vệ môi trường) say the reptiles (loài bò sát), estimated to number in the tens of thousands in the Everglades, pose a threat to native wildlife.
He tried to shake down the CEO of a children’s hospital, he attempted to sell a U.S. Senate seat, he put the squeeze on a racetrack, and he lied to the FBI. And while President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted Blagojevich’s sentence, those convictions remain intact, four former federal prosecutors wrote in a statement they made public in the wake of Trump’s move.
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