wring

  • 31wring hands — wring (your) hands to show that you are very sad or anxious about a situation but do nothing to improve it. It s not enough for us to stand by and wring our hands we ve got to take action …

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  • 32wring one's hands — ► wring one s hands clasp and twist one s hands together as a gesture of distress or despair. Main Entry: ↑wring …

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  • 33wring bolt — noun (nautical) A bolt with a ring or eye, used to secure a ship s planks against the frame until they are permanently fixed in place, a ringbolt • • • Main Entry: ↑wring …

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  • 34wring off — To force off by wringing • • • Main Entry: ↑wring …

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  • 35wring something out of — wring something out of/from/ phrase to get something that is very difficult to get She survives on the money she wrings out of the state. Thesaurus: to get something or someonesynonym Main entry: wring …

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  • 36wring something out from — wring something out of/from/ phrase to get something that is very difficult to get She survives on the money she wrings out of the state. Thesaurus: to get something or someonesynonym Main entry: wring …

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  • 37wring something's neck — wring something’s neck phrase to kill an animal by squeezing and twisting its neck Thesaurus: to kill animalshyponym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: wring …

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  • 38wring somebody's neck — ˌwring sb s ˈneck idiom (informal) when you say that you will wring sb s neck, you mean that you are very angry or annoyed with them Main entry: ↑wringidiom …

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  • 39wring something from of somebody — ˈwring sth from/out of sb derived to obtain sth from sb with difficulty, especially by putting pressure on them Syn: ↑extract • A few concessions were wrung from the government. • They managed to wring the truth out of him …

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  • 40wring something out of somebody — ˈwring sth from/out of sb derived to obtain sth from sb with difficulty, especially by putting pressure on them Syn: ↑extract • A few concessions were wrung from the government. • They managed to wring the truth out of him …

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