wrestverb [ T + adv/prep ]
uk/rest/us/rest/formal to get something with effort or difficulty:
The shareholders are planning to wrest control of the company (away) from the current directors.
to violently pull something away from someone:
He wrested the letter from my grasp.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquihire
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- draw
- fill
- get sth out of sth
- glom onto sth/sb
- go to sb
- grasp
- obtain
- pick
- pick sth up
- score
- secure
- snatch
- snatch at sth
- target
- wangle
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