wring sth from/out of sb
— phrasal verb with wring uk/rɪŋ/us/rɪŋ/verb [ T ] wrung, wrung
to force or persuade someone to give you something:
They managed to wring a few concessions from the bosses.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- force sb's hand idiom
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- push
- railroad
- reduce sb to sth
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
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