Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to strong-arm
Participle: strong-armed
Gerund: strong-arming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | strong-arm |
| you | strong-arm |
| he;she;it | strong-arms |
| we | strong-arm |
| you | strong-arm |
| they | strong-arm |
Perfect
| I | have strong-armed |
| you | have strong-armed |
| he;she;it | has strong-armed |
| we | have strong-armed |
| you | have strong-armed |
| they | have strong-armed |
Past
| I | strong-armed |
| you | strong-armed |
| he;she;it | strong-armed |
| we | strong-armed |
| you | strong-armed |
| they | strong-armed |
Pluperfect
| I | had strong-armed |
| you | had strong-armed |
| he;she;it | had strong-armed |
| we | had strong-armed |
| you | had strong-armed |
| they | had strong-armed |
Future
| I | will strong-arm |
| you | will strong-arm |
| he;she;it | will strong-arm |
| we | will strong-arm |
| you | will strong-arm |
| they | will strong-arm |
Future Perfect
| I | will have strong-armed |
| you | will have strong-armed |
| he;she;it | will have strong-armed |
| we | will have strong-armed |
| you | will have strong-armed |
| they | will have strong-armed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | strong-arm |
| you | strong-arm |
| he;she;it | strong-arm |
| we | strong-arm |
| you | strong-arm |
| they | strong-arm |
Perfect
| I | have strong-armed |
| you | have strong-armed |
| he;she;it | have strong-armed |
| we | have strong-armed |
| you | have strong-armed |
| they | have strong-armed |
Imperfect
| I | strong-armed |
| you | strong-armed |
| he;she;it | strong-armed |
| we | strong-armed |
| you | strong-armed |
| they | strong-armed |
Pluperfect
| I | had strong-armed |
| you | had strong-armed |
| he;she;it | had strong-armed |
| we | had strong-armed |
| you | had strong-armed |
| they | had strong-armed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would strong-arm |
| you | would strong-arm |
| he;she;it | would strong-arm |
| we | would strong-arm |
| you | would strong-arm |
| they | would strong-arm |
Perfect
| I | would have strong-armed |
| you | would have strong-armed |
| he;she;it | would have strong-armed |
| we | would have strong-armed |
| you | would have strong-armed |
| they | would have strong-armed |
Imperative
| you | strong-arm |
| we | Let's strong-arm |
| you | strong-arm |
Verbs conjugated like 'strong-arm'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'strong-arm'
strongarm,
longarm,
proof-arm,
stiff-arm,
straight-arm,
stranger,
stroam,
astrogate,
program,
ring-bark,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fill with fear with intent to deter
- browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, dastardize, daunt, dishearten, do down, domineer, hector, intimidate, menace
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From strong + arm.
Sample Sentences
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One of the boss’ hangers-on
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Comes to call at times you least expect
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Try to bully ya—strong-arm you—inspire you with fear [2001, Bob Dylan, “Floater (Too Much to Ask)”, in Love and Theft:]
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In a five-part series on the “Extremely Passive Aggressive Roommate,” Ms. Brier […] complains about her roomie coming home at 3:27 a.m.; strong-arms that roommate into renewing their lease and then welcomes a guest to “the common space.” [2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times:]
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It is difficult to summarise the arrogance, contempt, complacency and incompetence shown by the DfT in a scheme where it strong-armed the rail industry (in the form of the Rail Delivery Group) to 'front up'. [2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:]
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The CEO was often forced back into damage control mode, however, including denying reports from the Wall Street Journal earlier this year that X had strong-armed companies to advertise on the platform by threatening lawsuits against them. [2025 July 9, Blake Montgomery, Nick Robins-Early, “Linda Yaccarino stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]