wring
wring /r'ɪŋ/ (wrings wringing wrung)
1 [VERB] V n out of/from n
If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers...
= squeeze
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.wring out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
When you wring out a wet cloth or a wet piece of clothing, you squeeze the water out of it by twisting it strongly.
He turned away to wring out the wet shirt...
Soak a small towel in the liquid, wring it out, then apply to the abdomen.
1 [VERB] V n out of/from n
If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers...
= squeeze
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.wring out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
When you wring out a wet cloth or a wet piece of clothing, you squeeze the water out of it by twisting it strongly.
He turned away to wring out the wet shirt...
Soak a small towel in the liquid, wring it out, then apply to the abdomen.