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Synonyms for strong-arm in English

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strong-arm:
- physical; forcible; strong-arm
- strong-arm; bully; browbeat; bullyrag; push around; boss around; hector; ballyrag

English

Detailed Synonyms for strong-arm in English

strong-arm:

strong-arm adj

strong-arm

– impelled by physical force especially against resistance ¹
physical; forcible; strong-arm
– impelled by physical force especially against resistance ¹
- physical adj
  - a real cop would get physical¹
- forcible adj
  - forcible entry¹
- strong-arm adj
  - strong-arm tactics¹

strong-arm verb

strong-arm

– use physical force against ¹
strong-arm
– use physical force against ¹
- strong-arm verb
  - They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant¹
strong-arm

– be bossy towards ¹
to bully; to browbeat; bullyrag; push around; boss around; strong-arm; hector; ballyrag
– be bossy towards ¹
- bully verb (bullies, bullied, bullying)
  - Her big brother always bullied her when she was young¹
- browbeat verb (browbeats, browbeated, browbeating)
- bullyrag verb
- push around verb
- boss around verb
- strong-arm verb
- hector verb
- ballyrag verb
strong-arm

– handle roughly ¹
strong-arm
– handle roughly ¹
- strong-arm verb
  - He was strong-armed by the policemen¹

Alternate Synonyms for "strong-arm":

forcible; physical; forceful
treat; handle; do by
bully; browbeat; bullyrag; ballyrag; boss around; hector; push around; intimidate
beat; beat up; work over

Related Definitions for "strong-arm":

impelled by physical force especially against resistance¹
- strong-arm tactics¹
use physical force against¹
- They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant¹
be bossy towards¹
handle roughly¹
- He was strong-armed by the policemen¹

Related Synonyms for strong-arm

strong-arm boys

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