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He pinched me on the arm. / He gave me a pinch on the arm.

Stub/Put out your cigarette, please.

For the first year you should nip off the young fruit.

pinch back the fibrous roots of bean sprouts

pinch the philtrum

nip buds/twigs

nip/pinch off the side shoots

She would have liked to put her hands around his throat and throttle him.

seize hold of

with arms akimbo

seize sb by the throat

choke sb to death

a handful of green onions