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wrestwrest /rɛst/ verb [transitive always + adv./prep.] formal ETYMOLOGYwrestOrigin: Old English wræstan VERB TABLEwrest |
Present | I, you, we, they | wrest | | he, she, it | wrests | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wrested | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wrested | | he, she, it | has wrested | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wrested | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wrest | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wrested |
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Present | I | am wresting | | he, she, it | is wresting | | you, we, they | are wresting | Past | I, he, she, it | was wresting | | you, we, they | were wresting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wresting | | he, she, it | has been wresting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wresting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wresting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wresting |
1to take power or influence away from someone, especially when this is difficult: Democrats hoped to wrest control of Congress from the Republicans.2to pull something away from someone violently: He wrested the gun from his assailant. |