take you to the wall

An expression that means you will play hardball with someone or attempt to extract as much out of them as possible. (from the 2009 film Shrink starring Kevin Spacey)

Patrick (Dallas Roberts): "Daisy?"
Daisy, Patrick's assistant who he just fired (Pell James): "Yeah?"
Patrick: "Please listen."
Daisy: "Okay."
Patrick: "When you are a producer, and you wish to hire one of my clients, I'm gonna take you to the wall."
*Pause*
Patrick: "No hard feelings. I am going to take you to the wall."
Daisy: "Okay, yeah, no. Great."

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