a turn of the screw

Meaning

1. an extra amount of pressure, cruelty, etc. added to a situation that is already difficult to bear or understand

In the movies · 2

• Benji, listen. Turn the screw counterclockwise.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• Turn that screw counterclockwise, very slowly.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018

From the same entry

• as it turned out
• be well, badly, turned out
• turn round and do
• turn against
• turn around
• turn away
• turn back
• turn down
• turn down
• turn in
• turn in
• turn in