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high-pres·sure

(hī′prĕsh′ər)

adj.

1. Of or relating to pressures higher than normal, especially higher than atmospheric pressure.

2. Informal

a. Using aggressive, persistent persuasive tactics: a high-pressure salesperson.

b. Full of or imposing great stress or tension: a high-pressure job.

tr.v. high-pres·sured, high-pres·sur·ing, high-pres·sures Informal

To attempt to sell (something) or persuade (someone) by using aggressive, persistent tactics.

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high-pressure

adj

1. (General Physics) having, using, involving, or designed to withstand a pressure above normal pressure: a high-pressure gas; a high-pressure cylinder.

2. informal (of selling) persuasive in an aggressive and persistent manner

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high′-pres′sure

adj., v. -sured, -sur•ing. adj.

1. having or involving a pressure above the normal.

2. involving a high degree of stress; demanding: a high-pressure job.

3. vigorous; persistent; aggressive: high-pressure salesmanship.

v.t.

4. to use aggressively forceful sales tactics on: high-pressured into buying a car.

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Adj.

high-pressure - aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman"

hard-hitting

aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

high-pressure

(Informal)

adjective forceful, aggressive, compelling, intensive, persistent, persuasive, high-powered, insistent, bludgeoning, pushy (informal), in-your-face (slang), coercive, importunate They use high-pressure sales tactics.

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Translations

high-pressure

[ˈhaɪˈpreʃəʳ] ADJ → de alta presión (fig) → enérgico, dinámico
high-pressure salesman → vendedor m agresivo
high-pressure selling → venta f agresiva

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high-pressure

[ˌhaɪˈprɛʃəʳ] adj → ad alta pressione (fig) → aggressivo/a

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She was a frigate of great speed, fitted with high-pressure engines which admitted a pressure of seven atmospheres.

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THE Messenger was one among a crowd of high-pressure steamboats, clustered together by a wharf-side, which, looked down upon from the rising ground that forms the landing-place, and backed by the lofty bank on the opposite side of the river, appeared no larger than so many floating models.

Through such a scene as this, the unwieldy machine takes its hoarse, sullen way: venting, at every revolution of the paddles, a loud high-pressure blast; enough, one would think, to waken up the host of Indians who lie buried in a great mound yonder: so old, that mighty oaks and other forest trees have struck their roots into its earth; and so high, that it is a hill, even among the hills that Nature planted round it.

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But for this, I should not have dreamt of running so much on the high-pressure principle; but love, you know, Miss Julia, is a calculation, like any other great event of life, and must be carried on consistently."

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'You are to understand'--snorted Pancks, feverishly unfolding papers, and speaking in short high-pressure blasts of sentences,

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These two high-pressure materials are very unlike one another.

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