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Wring out
verb
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Verb
- 1 To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water. transitive
- 2 extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing wordnet
- 3 To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money. transitive
"I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me."
- 4 To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope. transitive
"Another difficulty has been that autopilots are designed for ordinary flying. They can't "wring out" a plane, being limited to about 45° in bank and pitch. Aerobatics are an impossibility."
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