To Squeeze Some One's Shoes

Posted by ESC March 05, 2003In reply to To Squeeze Some One's Shoes posted by Bruce Kahl on March 05, 2003

Hello, I was just hoping to find out the origin and meaning of the phrase "to squeeze some one's shoes". Thanks in advance for any information.

I have heard a variation here in the US:
"To break his shoes"
This means to apply pressure on someone as in:
"I know what he told me and I want him to live up to his promise so I am gonna break his shoes till he comes clean".

I've never heard that expression in my part of the U.S. I've heard "put the squeeze" on somebody. Others: "twist his arm," "turn up the heat," "put pressure on," "put the arm on."