See wring out on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "52 0 48",
"word": "wring out one's sock"
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"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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{
"_dis1": "89 0 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"word": "auswringen"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyžimátʹ",
"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выжима́ть"
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"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́жать"
},
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"_dis1": "89 0 11",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"word": "estrujar"
}
]
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"text": "I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me.",
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},
{
"text": "They wrung an extra $500 out of us for the transfer fees.",
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"To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money."
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"sense": "to force to give something",
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"sense": "to force to give something",
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],
"word": "отжима́ть"
}
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{
"ref": "1951, Popular Science, March issue, page 46:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1983, Flying Magazine, June issue, page 94:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Howard Brown, When I Get To Heaven, page 39:",
"text": "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.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope."
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"(aviation) To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope."
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"word": "wring out"
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"derived": [
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"word": "wring out one's sock"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
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"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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{
"text": "I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "They wrung an extra $500 out of us for the transfer fees.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money."
],
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"force",
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"money",
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"ref": "1951, Popular Science, March issue, page 46:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1983, Flying Magazine, June issue, page 94:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Howard Brown, When I Get To Heaven, page 39:",
"text": "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.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope."
],
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[
"aviation",
"aviation"
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"push the envelope",
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],
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"(aviation) To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope."
],
"tags": [
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"aeronautics",
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"aviation",
"business",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"word": "auswringen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyžimátʹ",
"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выжима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výžatʹ",
"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́жать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove liquid by squeezing",
"word": "estrujar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyžimátʹ",
"sense": "to force to give something",
"word": "выжима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vymogátʹ",
"sense": "to force to give something",
"word": "вымога́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otžimátʹ",
"sense": "to force to give something",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отжима́ть"
}
],
"word": "wring out"
}
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