"pull teeth" meaning in English

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          "name": "Dentistry",
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        "To extract teeth, usually because they are decayed or damaged."
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        "(dentistry) To extract teeth, usually because they are decayed or damaged."
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        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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          "text": "You will probably have to pull teeth to get a straight answer from a car salesman.",
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        "To do something that is especially difficult or effortful."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To do something that is especially difficult or effortful."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get blood out of a stone"
        }
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        "intransitive"
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          "sense": "to do something especially difficult",
          "word": "se décarcasser"
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        "To extract teeth, usually because they are decayed or damaged."
      ],
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      "sense": "to do something especially difficult",
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