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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Put the screws...

Clark: Lois, we're not gonna get anywhere
if you shake down every person we talk to.
Lois: He was stonewalling us. You have to
put the screws to a perp when the clock is ticking!
You have to put the screws on someone?
  

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Madhulk Clark: Lois, we're not gonna get anywhere if you shake down every person we talk to. Lois: He was stonewalling us. You have to put the screws to a perp when the clock is ticking!

  • Madhulk Clark: Lois, we're not gonna get anywhere if you shake down every person we talk to.
  • Lois: He was stonewalling us.
  • You have to put the screws to a perp when the clock is ticking!
  • means you have to get information out person who has commited a crime or something like that and do it rapidly.
  • You have to put the screws on someone?
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Madhulk Clark: Lois, we're not gonna get anywhere
if you shake down every person we talk to.
Lois: He was stonewalling us. You have to
put the screws to a perp when the clock is ticking! means you have to get information out person who has commited a crime or something like that and do it rapidly.

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