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ЗАКРУЧИВАТЬ/ЗАКРУТИТЬ (ЗАВИНЧИВАТЬ/ЗАВИНТИТЬ) ГАЙКИПОДКРУЧИВАТЬ/ ПОДКРУТИТЬ ГАЙКИ (кому) all
highly collVPsubj:
human (
usu. of a superior toward subordinates, a government toward its people, the head of a family toward other family members
etc) to become more strict, oppressive with
s.o. : X закрутил гайки - X tightened (turned) the screws (on person Y)X put the screws on person YX cracked down (on person Y).ЗАКРУЧИВАНИЕ (ЗАВИНЧИВАНИЕ) ГАЕК
NP — screw-tightening (process)
crackdown.