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WRING FROM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

Synonyms:

extort; wring from

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "wring from" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wring from"):

prise; pry (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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