turn of the screw
Examples
“There is every chance that as far as the government's budget cutting goes, the next turn⟳ of the screw will see⟳ the SRC squeezed, despite the fact that the council has, quite rightly, been spared from the worst of the earlier cuts.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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