- winkle information out of someone
- winkle information out of someoneinformatie van iemand lospeuteren
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winkle out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle … English dictionary
winkle out — verb 1. force from a place or position The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates • Hypernyms: ↑remove • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody Something s somebody 2. remove or displace from a position … Useful english dictionary
winkle out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms winkle out : present tense I/you/we/they winkle out he/she/it winkles out present participle winkling out past tense winkled out past participle winkled out British informal 1) to get something such as… … English dictionary
winkle — win|kle1 [ˈwıŋkəl] n BrE [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: PERIWINKLE 2] a small sea animal that lives in a shell and is eaten as food winkle 2 winkle2 v winkle out [winkle sb/sth<=>out] phr v 1.) to make someone leave a place ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
winkle — win|kle1 [ wıŋkl ] noun count type of small SHELLFISH that can be eaten as food winkle win|kle 2 [ wıŋkl ] verb ,winkle out phrasal verb transitive BRITISH INFORMAL 1. ) to get something such as information from someone when they did not intend… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
winkle — 1 noun (C) a small sea animal that lives in a shell and is used for food 2 verb winkle sth/sb out phrasal verb (T) 1 to make someone leave somewhere: Government critics were winkled out of their positions of influence. 2 to discover something… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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