Usually means: Using force or intimidation aggressively.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word strong arm:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. strong arm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. strong-arm: Merriam-Webster
  3. strong-arm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. strong-arm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. strong-arm, strong-arm: Collins English Dictionary
  6. strong-arm: Vocabulary.com
  7. Strong-Arm, strong-arm: Wordnik
  8. strong-arm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. strong-arm: Wiktionary
  10. strong-arm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. strong-arm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. strong-arm: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. strong-arm, strong arm: Dictionary.com
  14. strong-arm (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. strong-arm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. strong-arm: Rhymezone
  17. strong-arm: FreeDictionary.org
  18. strong-arm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. strong-arm: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Strong-arm: Wordnik

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strong-arm: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. strong arm: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Strong arm)

▸ adjective:  Alternative form of strong-arm [Bullying; extortionate.]

Similar:
bullyrag, hector, bully, ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, forcible, forceful, push around, physical, more...

Opposite:
gentle, weak, soft

Types:
bicep, tricep, pectoral, latissimus dorsi, gastrocnemius, deltoid, quadrice, more...

Phrases:
Strong Arm of the Law, the strong arm of the law, more...
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Similar:
bullyrag, hector, bully, ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, forcible, forceful, push around, physical, more...

Opposite:
gentle, weak, soft

Types:
bicep, tricep, pectoral, latissimus dorsi, gastrocnemius, deltoid, quadrice, more...

Phrases:
Strong Arm of the Law, the strong arm of the law, more...



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