put the touch on someone

put the touch on someone
put the bite on someone & put the touch on someone
Sl. to try to get money from someone. •

Tom put the bite on me for ten dollars.

Bill put the touch on me, but I told him to forget about it.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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