to wring from

Examples

• All

• Her children slogged along, eyes down, accepting another day and whatever new pain it wrung from them.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Quakers were, of course, the original charter group in Pennsylvania, had dominated its assembly, and had wrung extraordinary powers from the absentee proprietor.

  Academic text (2000)

• Perhaps this has been part of a negotiating strategy, with room to maneuver if concessions can be wrung from others on perceived inequities in their systems.

  Academic text (1994)

• In tense negotiations on a host of difficult bilateral issues, Kantor's confrontational tactics have wrung concessions from trading partners and earned Clinton political points at home.

  Academic text (1996)

• The negotiator managed to wring a concession from the opposing team after hours of discussion.

• She was able to wring an apology from him, though it took a lot of persuasion.

• It took considerable effort for the journalist to wring the truth from the reluctant witness.

Synonyms

W

to wring

vsto wring from

24 7.4

Make someone give you something by using pressure or threats

is about getting something with great effort or persuasion instead of threats

W

to wrest

vsto wring from

• Formal

17 7.6

To take something from someone with great effort or force

is about obtaining through pressure or persuasion not necessarily by force

W

to wrest from

vsto wring from

4 8.7

To force something away from someone after a struggle

focuses on gaining by effort and persuasion rather than physical force

How Hard

to wrest from

4 8.7

to wring from

2 8.1

to extract

166 3.9

to obtain

619 2.6

to get

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology