Idiom
turn of the screw
Meaning
One step in a gradual imposition of restrictions.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new rules are just another turn of the screw for us.”
“Management tightened the budget again, which felt like another turn of the screw for the already overworked staff.”
“With each successive policy change, the government applied another turn of the screw, further restricting the freedoms of the local population.”
Examples
simple
“The new rules are just another turn of the screw for us.”
contextual
“Management tightened the budget again, which felt like another turn of the screw for the already overworked staff.”
complex
“With each successive policy change, the government applied another turn of the screw, further restricting the freedoms of the local population.”
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