I WANT it to mean: “we are putting the screws to all the pimply-faced Clinton supporters in my department so they can’t tell the evil witch that the axe is about to fall.”
What it PROBABLY means: “No one respects me so I can’t get anything done.”
> What it PROBABLY means: “No one respects me so I can’t get anything done.”
You get “respect” by popping somebody across the bridge of the nose with a 2x4.