wring out en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
- (transitive) To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.
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(transitive) To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money.
I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me.
They wrung an extra $500 out of us for the transfer fees.
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(transitive) To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope.
Others listening to the conversation felt the same as I did, especially after having seen a local pilot really "wring" out the airplane at their local air show two weeks earlier.
1983, Flying Magazine, June issue, page 94: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.
1951, Popular Science, March issue, page 46:I had no conception of what it meant to ”wring out" an airplane until I rode with that magnificent man, and I can't remember his name. After he had scorched the paint off that AT-6, he very quietly said, ”Okay, take her back to the field."
2012, Howard Brown, When I Get To Heaven, page 39:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wrings out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| wrung out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wrung out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| wringing out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (23)
ru выжима́ть (to remove liquid by squeezing) · pl wycisnąć (to force to give something) · tl pigas (to remove liquid by squeezing) · ru отжима́ть (to force to give something) · de auswringen (to remove liquid by squeezing) · pl wyciskać (to force to give something) · tl piga (to remove liquid by squeezing) · sm tatau (to remove liquid by squeezing) · rar tatau (to remove liquid by squeezing) · ms peras (to remove liquid by squeezing) · ch fugo' (to remove liquid by squeezing) · to tatau (to remove liquid by squeezing) · ru вы́жать (to remove liquid by squeezing) · es estrujar (to remove liquid by squeezing) · unm sikapènëm (to remove liquid by squeezing) · pl wyżymać (to remove liquid by squeezing) · sm tāu (to remove liquid by squeezing) · ms perah (to remove liquid by squeezing) · ru вымога́ть (to force to give something) · pl wyżąć (to remove liquid by squeezing) · ru выжима́ть (to force to give something) · tl pigis (to remove liquid by squeezing) · mi tatau (to remove liquid by squeezing)